CN1509571A - Flow control for multiple information sources - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system and method for delivering a composite information stream over a computer network includes a flow control that is connected to multiple information sources (12, 14, 16, 18). The flow control (10) receives data from two or more of these sources and from a data control manager (32). The system selectively controls the flow of data that is received from the data sources in response to commands from the data control manager (32) to create the composite information stream. The composite information stream is passed to the encoder (26), which forwards it to the media player for display at end user processors. In accordance with the invention, commercial advertisements may be inserted into television broadcast, and transmitted over the Internet to be displayed on a video monitor.
Description
The present invention requires the unsettled U.S. Patent application 09/859,562 submitted to May 16 calendar year 2001 and the rights and interests of the unsettled U.S. Patent application 10/077,282 submitted on February 14th, 2002, quotes its content incorporated by integral body here.
Technical field
The present invention relates to system and the equipment of a kind of control from the data flow of multiple source.More particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of automatic mixing forms generated data stream from the data of multiple source system and equipment.
Background technology
Tradespeople devotes considerable time and is attracted to potential customers' new way with money exploitation.It is releasing advertisements in television broadcasting that company provides an approach commonly used about the information of their products ﹠ services.In a kind of known method, when the pause that in broadcasting, occurs to hear, insert advertisement simply.In another kind of embodiment, just play them after the sound of hearing in being embedded in broadcasting.For example, in a kind of such method, the 25Hz sound represents that advertisement begins, and the 35Hz sound represents that advertisement finishes.In most of the cases, these advertisements are recorded in video tape, and in the video tape formula video tape recorder (VCR) that has been connected with broadcast system of packing into.The operator who understands the advertisement playing sequence manually boots suitable VCR (or other reproducing device) in the suitable time.
The great development of the universal aspect of internet encourages tradespeople to use the World Wide Web (WWW) to attempt being attracted to potential customers.The development of " Streaming Media " provides the live telecast performance, and television broadcasting and similar incidents are distributed to Internet user's effective way.Generally speaking, Streaming Media comprises that one group sends by the internet, and gives spectators' picture and sound according to the played in order that arrives.If there is not Streaming Media, the Internet user will have to download whole file before can playing any audio or video.Download so common very big file, often consume the plenty of time and considerable invalid loading source is arranged usually.The feasibility of Streaming Media broadcasting encourages company when Media Stream is given the user by the Internet-distributed advertisement and out of Memory to be inserted wherein.
Use can be listened at interval and audible sound triggers the operation that information is inserted Media Stream and has significant disadvantages, and it with the interconnection that needs artificial participation together.In the time can using automatic system, they still have problems.This system common also stores advertisements and out of Memory in the very low video tape of efficient.Usually need suitably to place for a long time tape to play required message, this makes and is difficult to play advertisement with the random order that is different from the order that writes down in tape.And video tape is easy to break and damage after long-term the use, thereby needs to use the reserve tape.
Therefore, though known equipment and process can be used for their required purposes, still need advertisement to be inserted automatically the system and method in the Streaming Media broadcasting.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates generally to a kind of control and produce the system of composite signal stream from the data flow of multiple source.In one embodiment, system comprises a plurality of data sources that are connected to flow control system.Flow control system is set to be received from two or more described a plurality of data sources with from the data of Data Control manager, optionally will insert the data flow from the data that a plurality of data sources receive, as to response, and blended data is delivered to encoder from the order of Data Control manager.
In one embodiment, data comprise commercial advertisement.Comprise on the computer that file is downloaded to encoder is connected of advertisement.The Data Control manager also can compile the advertisement that row have been sent to media player.
Other embodiments of the invention and feature thereof will become more clear in the detailed description of making in conjunction with the accompanying drawings below.
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Fig. 1 shows the system that can send composite signal stream according to an embodiment of the invention on computer network;
Fig. 2 comprises the detailed description according to embodiments of the invention, the flow control system that is connected with related hardware;
Fig. 3 is a block diagram, shows the method that can optionally transmit from multiple source according to embodiments of the invention, data;
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram, shows according to embodiments of the invention, the stream that is connected to stream controller to drive;
Fig. 5 is a block diagram, shows in detail the method that can be sent to flow control system according to the data of one embodiment of the invention, storage;
Fig. 6 is a block diagram, and the data that show in detail according to one embodiment of the invention, storage can be transferred to the method that the terminal use handles device;
Fig. 7 shows the data on video-frequency monitor from multiple source and while; With
Fig. 8 shows according to the present invention, and the data how incident triggers on video-frequency monitor show.
Although the present invention will be described in conjunction with its specific embodiment, should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited on those embodiment.Opposite, its intention contains all and is included in the interior alternative example of the spirit and scope of the present invention that claims limit, changes, and equivalent.
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With reference now to the accompanying drawing that provides, describe embodiments of the invention (and not in mode of restriction), Fig. 1 schematically shows system 100, and it is issue composite signal stream on such as the computer network of internet.Picture is employed here, and term " composite signal stream " refers to and can comprise the several different objects sequentially one or more or combination synchronously in a sense or the information flow of data type.For example, composite signal stream may comprise the live data from television broadcasting, be positioned at one or more memory devices (such as Digital video disc (DVD) player, video tape recorder (VCR), personal computer) data on, from multiple file of file-storage device etc., perhaps it may comprise some combination from the data in these sources.Therefore, for example, stream may comprise live data, is the data of storage afterwards, is again live data afterwards.Though composite signal is described to the part of " single " stream, person of skill in the art will appreciate that polytype data can be separated and duplicate, perhaps the subclass of data can be made up and produce two or more stream, each in them comprises polytype data.Although are common application sending this information on the internet to system 100, should recognize that it can be used for coming transmission information by Local Area Network, wide area network (WAN) or other system.
Forward Fig. 2 to, flow control system 10 provides the transfer link usually between encoder 26 and medium transmitting apparatus 24, and it generally includes multiple computer executable file.Medium transmitting apparatus 24 generally includes reception from the seizure of the data of one or more input sources part with the information that receives is transmitted to the drive part of one or more output sources.In at least one embodiment of the present invention, flow control system 10 is modules independently, with medium transmitting apparatus physical separation (for example, in electronic box that separates or unit), thereby but is connected communicating by letter of permission at least and drive part with it.The exemplary medium transmitting apparatus that may use according to the present invention comprises such as those by (the Crystal Semiconductor of Crystal semiconductor company, Inc.) and the sound card made of Antex electronics corporation (Antex Electronics Corp.) and such as those by Osprey communication common carrier (Osprey Communications, Inc.) video card of Zhi Zaoing.The type that encoder 26 is normally communicated by letter with streaming media server 104 and will be sent to media player from the audio frequency and/or the video data stream of broadcast receiver or television broadcasting, as described previously.In one embodiment of the invention, medium transmitting apparatus 24, flow control system 10 and encoder 26 are arranged in electronic box separately.
With reference to figure 3, according to the present invention, composite signal stream is sent to terminal use 102 start from usually log-on message is loaded in the encoder 26, shown in square frame 202.As mentioned above, the present invention can cooperate the windows media player of Microsoft to use.In such an embodiment, usually the configuration file that is used for sending from the driver of the audio frequency of medium transmitting apparatus 24 and/or video data in sign provides log-on message.Configuration file will identify the device drives 36 that will use, but and also data of description should be sent to encoder 26 with what kind of form.
Instruction in the configuration file (being written into encoder memory in step 204) guides encoder 26 to send composite signal stream.Shown in square frame 206, be written into encoder memory after the flow control system 10.Data format and device drives information that encoder 26 initialization flow system systems 10 and transmission obtain from configuration file are shown in square frame 208.Afterwards, flow control system 10 loads and drives 36, with its initialization and set up the callback path to make encoder 26 can receive self-driven 36 audio frequency and/or video data, shown in square frame 210.Flow control system 10 will be delivered to encoder 26 from driving 36 media datas that receive at square frame 212, and encoder 26 is given data forwarding the terminal use and handled media player on the device 102.
Before the data that drive 36 were transmitted to encoder 26 by flow control system 10, flow control system 10 determined whether the information from one or more Back Up Sources is inserted Media Stream from log-on message, shown in square frame 214.Say that more specifically flow control system 10 continues to transmit the data from the medium transmitting apparatus, receives the signal that insert from the data of Back Up Source up to it.When receiving such signal, flow control system 10 is selected the Back Up Source of appointment shown in square frame 216, and will arrive encoder 26 from the data passes in selected source.Data from this Back Up Source will be inserted data flow, all be sent to encoder 26 up to whole file.In case file is inserted into stream, flow control system 10 just turns back to square frame 214 and determines whether to select another Back Up Source to send another file.If select next Back Up Source and will arrive encoder 26 from the data passes in selected source.This process continues up to determining do not have the file from other source will be passed to encoder 26 (just, at square frame 214) always.Return medium transmitting apparatus 24 after the flow control system 10 and continue and to arrive encoder 26 from the data passes of media-driven 36.
Turn back to Fig. 2, flow control system 10 control sends composite signal from the data flow of multiple source and flows to terminal use 102.In one embodiment of the invention, two or more data sources 12,14,16 and 18 are connected on the stream driver 20.As shown in the figure, some sources (for example, source 12,14 and 16) can be connected on the stream driver 20 by medium transmitting apparatus 24, and other (for example the source 18) are directly connected on the stream driver 20. Source 12,14 and 16 can provide and will be converted to the analogue data of numerical data by medium transmitting apparatus 24, and perhaps they can provide the numerical data that is forwarded to encoder 26 through limited processing (or not handling).On the contrary, the source that is directly connected to for example data source 18 of stream driver 20 provides number format usually, perhaps comprises the analog to digital converter or the miscellaneous equipment that make data just be converted to number format before being sent to stream driver 20.Although illustrate a plurality of data sources 12 that are connected to medium transmitting apparatus 24,14 and 16 and only one be directly connected to stream driver 20 source 18, should understand, multiple source can be directly connected to stream driver 20 and/or single source can be connected on the medium transmitting apparatus 24.
When the appropriate signals that receives from Data Control manager 32, stream driver 20 selectively will be from data source 12,14, and 16 and 18 data passes is to encoder 26.Return medium transmitting apparatus 24 after the encoder 26 and continue to mix it and offer the data of resultant current.Afterwards information be forwarded to the terminal use handle on the device 102 the appropriate media player and at video-frequency monitor, show on personal digital assistant screen or other output equipment.
As previously described, source 12,14,16 and 18 can comprise live data, for example from television broadcasting and one or more video tape recorder, digital video disk player, digital satellite system, and the data of like device.Source 12,14,16 and 18 also can comprise the computer and the miscellaneous equipment of data that storage is provided (such as audio frequency and video interweave file and Drawing Interchange File).The transmission of triggering flow control system will be fully inserted into or be included in the broadcasting with other method from the signal of the data of one of additional source.As described in the early time, they may be earcon, and such as sound (tone) or beeping sound, perhaps they may be other indicant that uses according to invention.Signal can use when sending, and perhaps they can embed in the broadcasting with a kind of form (for example, audible sound), and are converted to another kind of form (for example, electric pulse) if necessary.Although the embedding signal is provided usually, those skilled in the art will recognize from the narration here, for example pass through timing device at signal, by the next computer that produces signal in the suitable time able to programme, when perhaps independently providing, can trigger stream driver 20 and change transmission sources by manual process.
Although the present invention here is described as simultaneously should understanding the present invention and also can being set to transmit information simultaneously from a plurality of equipment from single medium transmitting apparatus 24 transmission information.For example, several encoding device 26, each all is connected to flow control system 10 separately, and it can be connected to handle device 102 with single terminal use and communicate by letter.Different afterwards medium transmitting apparatus 24 can be communicated by letter with each flow control system data of different types is provided.Can use such an embodiment of the present invention, for example, send the composite signal stream that comprises from the data of two or more audio frequency and/or video drive and one or more DVD player and VCR.
And the output of single flow control system 10 can be sent to a plurality of encoders 26, and each is encoded by different way.For example, preferably different information types are encoded usually with different code checks.Say that more specifically some terminal uses use the modulator-demodulator of 28kbps to be connected to the internet, and other uses the modulator-demodulator of 56kbps to connect.Use known device, will have to before showing on the relevant output equipment, to be delivered to different encoder 26 at them with different code check coded datas.According to embodiments of the invention, the information that is sent to stream driver 20 by source 12,14,16 and/or 18 can comprise the signal that identifies suitable code rate.Thereby encoder 26 can be set to read these signals and as indicated data be encoded.
Forward Fig. 4 to, stream driver 20 receives from the multiple instruction that is generally the Data Control manager 32 that is positioned at outside software section.Data Control manager 32 is used to specify the order of 12,14, the 16 and 18 reception data from the source, is encoded to resultant current, and is transferred to terminal use 102.Should be appreciated that flow control system 10 can be used in to sending to terminal use 102 the polytype data are combined into resultant current.In one embodiment, flow control system 10 can provide the updated information about the content of the program of broadcasting.For example, in the broadcasting of sport event, flow control system 10 can be provided at the statistics of the renewal of team member that present event relates to or troop.In another embodiment, can provide the permission spectators to get in touch the product relevant or the information of service ordered with programme content with suitable source.In one embodiment, flow control system 10 inserts commercial advertisement (" ads ") in the television broadcasting.
The order that data are transmitted in the source that selection connects is stored in the formation 22.The transmission sequence that is stored in the formation 22 can obtain by a lot of approach, such as in the tabulation of programming in advance, obtains in the computer program or alternatively.In one embodiment, can be from another location transmission or download list, such as the personal computer that is directly connected to formation 22 or is connected to formation 22 such as the local area network (LAN) by including, without being limited to the internet or wide area network.In another embodiment of the present invention, can use telephone wire to be provided for the information that the order of 12,14,16 and 18 data is sent from the source in control.In such embodiment, the user can select to specify the order that sends data from these sources with the numeral of different pieces of information source 12,14,16 and 18 contacts by the multiple button on telephone keypad or dial.In another such embodiment, may need to make system can discern phonetic order and convert them to as by Dialogic company (Dialogic Corporation, Parsippany, NJ.) digital form that sound card provided of Zhi Zaoing.Add such equipment and may allow the user to stipulate to identify the numeral in suitable data source, or stipulate the word of one or more signs the data that are sent out, such as the exercise question of advertisement, title or theme.In another embodiment, speech recognition software can directly be incorporated into flow control system 10 and allow the user not use dialogic card just to send this phonetic order.When sending instruction, may need to change flow control system 10 and come the requirement user to import personal identification number or other identification information, thereby prevent to suffer undelegated change by telephone wire.Those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention also can change and adapts to portable phone, the use of personal digital assistant and other wireless device.
In one embodiment of the invention, Data Control manager 32 is communicated by letter with the webserver 106 and is obtained data in the source that will be stored in 18.More specifically say, Data Control manager 32 transmits the parameter of indicating encoder 26 types that are connected with flow control system 10, to be used for sending the application of the data in the source of being stored in 18, the duration that can be used for played data (just, " gap length " under the promotional literature situation), and can stored file type (for example, AVI, WAV).Accordingly, the webserver 106 provides the name list of the file that is sent to the encoder that satisfies parameter in advance.Can send to encoder 26 to actual file with several approach, for example, in one embodiment of the invention, file is downloaded from the webserver 106 by plan target.Such task may operation send new file in the plan gap.
As shown in Figure 3, in case received appropriate signal at square frame 214, flow control system 10 is just selected Back Up Source and is transmitted data from selected source, up to the data of aequum being sent to encoder 26.In one embodiment, of the present invention this part operate as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.At first, Data Control manager 32 sends instructions to flow control system 10 and sets up formation 22, shown in square frame 402.Can be associated with the identifier that is generally numerical value by source 12,14,16 and the 18 several data documents that send.The foundation of formation 22 generally includes in square frame 402, to send file to the order placement of encoder 26 and the numeral of these file associations.When the square frame 214 at Fig. 3 detected appropriate signal, Data Control manager 32 just sent the title of the file that joins with the digital correlation that is provided by formation 22 to stream controller 10 at square frame 406.
Next forward Fig. 6 to,, from selected source, be loaded in the memory that is connected with encoder 26 after the named file at square frame 408.File is converted to shown in square frame 410 in form that can be used by encoder 26 and the memory that is stored in encoder 26.Switched data file is delivered to media player handles demonstration on the device 102 in square frame 412 the terminal use.Unique data identifier also is delivered to Data Control manager 32 at square frame 414 and indicates desired data to be transferred to encoder 26 really.If necessary, about the information of the file that sends to media player can by other use use.For example, the system that can set up makes when each commercial advertisement is sent to media player, thereby the Data Control manager is all remembered incident and set up an ad log that can be used in what advertisement that displayed the play.
In case data designated is by media renderer plays, Data Control manager 32 just will fill up formation 22 with new fileinfo once more and reset.As described in the early time, the present invention can be used for sending information to windows media player.The application programming interfaces that these embodiment of the present invention will use SDK to provide usually come execute file conversion, thereby SDK can be used for those development kits that multiple media player uses such as provided, be used for convert file by Microsoft.
In one embodiment of the invention, download from the webserver 106, the data that are stored in source 18 and send to encoder 26 comprise commercial advertisement.The distribution of unique identifier and transmission will be considered the tracking of advertisement, and a kind of approach whether desired advertisement has been played of examining is provided.
In one embodiment, the file that computer produces is stored in the source 18 such as interweave file and/or Drawing Interchange File of audio frequency and video.These files can be compressed, and for example, follow JPEG and/or mpeg standard.Should note being placed on data and the system between the stream driver 20 that calculator produces can carry out " with " and OR operation.Therefore, in one embodiment, stream controller 10 can guide stream driver 20 only to transmit data from a source 12,14,16 or 18.In such an embodiment, all can be delivered to stream controller 10 from the data in two sources, in two sources which stream controller 10 will indicate to be connected to stream driver 20 to transmit data.
As shown in Figure 7, in another embodiment, stream controller 10 can guide stream driver 20 to transmit data from two or more sources 12,14,16 or 18 simultaneously.Such an embodiment can (for example) allows to show simultaneously that from the image 44 of television broadcasting and symbol 42 such as logo or watermark these symbols 42 identify sponsors, the tissue that content supplier or other may be relevant with the information that will send.In this embodiment, stream controller 10 can guide the data that receive from two sources of stream driver 20 to make two sources transfer data to encoder 26 simultaneously.
With reference to figure 8, or another embodiment of the present invention, one or more incidents can be used for starting transfer of data from source 12,14,16 and 18.For example, can be sent to one or more data sources 12,14,16 and 18 from information such as the live television broadcasting 46 of physical culture or media event.Formation afterwards 22 can (for example, in the beginning or the end of incident) be selected the suitable data source when it receives appropriate signal, may comprise video clipping, still image, report, the collection of choice specimens, sum up, mark or other information from incident are inserted in the video flowing in interior information 48.In one embodiment of the invention, burst news may with trigger the signal that flow control system 10 transmits immediately from the data in source and be sent to data source 12,14 together, in 16 and 18 one.May interrupt broadcasting afterwards, the news that will happen suddenly offers spectators, as the response to signal.In another embodiment, can be sent to data source 12,14, in 16 and 18 one from the video of sport event.Can produce signal and come the indication incident to stop, thereby select related data sources when making the next one of formation 22 in receive embedding broadcasting (or appointment) signal, show final score and play video clipping with incident collection of choice specimens.Like this, shown in these exemplary embodiments of the present invention, can distribute different priority to give signal, thereby feasible some information when needed can interrupt broadcasting and the permission system only sends out of Memory in fixing plan at interval.
In one embodiment of the invention, use hardware based testing process, Data Control manager 32 can detect the sound that embeds broadcasting.In such an embodiment, can when detecting such sound, transmit signals to software section in the external equipment operation of flow control system 10.Afterwards, the software section on the hardware that this part separates can send instructions to Data Control manager 32 and require to play advertisement by formation 22 appointments.Afterwards, instruction is forwarded to the flow control system 10 of selecting and playing advertisement.When flow control system 10 finishes to play advertisement, preferably, transmit signals to Data Control manager 32, and formation 22 is filled up by another advertisement.In one embodiment, Data Control manager 32 sends instructions to flow control system 10 and makes the advertisement that identifies in entering the formation process be played.
In another embodiment of the present invention, can be included in the flow control system 10 based on the sound testing process of software, Data Control manager 32 can use this process that the information from multiple source is encoded to generated data stream.In such an embodiment, sound control system software may be written into flow control system 10, and can analyze the audio frequency and/or the video data that have been caught in and determine whether to exist any sound.Detected sound is interpreted as incident (as described in the early time) by flow control system 10, and it is forwarded to Data Control manager 32.Accordingly, Data Control manager 32 can be sent instruction back to flow control system 10, thereby can play specific advertisement.In this embodiment, Data Control manager 32 will be provided with flow control system 10 at the beginning, thereby set up the frequency with trigger event in Data Control manager 32.
In another embodiment, encoder 26 can be set comes read-out mark how to relate to the signal of the digital parameters of broadcast information arbitrarily or all, such as the information that is sending is to play with monochrome or with colour, and it comprises monophony or stereophonic broadcasting, suitable frame sign etc.In such embodiments, the information that is received by encoder 26 may be for adapting to the suitable part transmission of being passed through Circuits System by the needs of these parameter generating.
Should be noted that above-mentioned the description arbitrarily or all can be incorporated in the single computer with similar function, perhaps these functions can be according to the Internet user, content supplier and other people's selection and combination.Be to be further noted that arbitrarily or all operations of flow control system 10 guiding may be tracked and storage advance file or in daily record, provide, this is for the operation that helps to keep accounts or other is suitable.
Therefore, clearly, here according to the invention provides a kind of method and apparatus that composite signal flows to display device that is used to send.Although the present invention is described in conjunction with its preferred embodiment, obviously those skilled in the art can make many replacements, modification and mutation.Therefore, intention of the present invention contains the spirit that falls into claims and all such replacements, modification and the mutation within the broad scope.
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1. one kind sends the system that composite signal flows on computer network, and it comprises:
The medium transmitting apparatus, it has the media device that is associated with it and drives;
Flow control system, it has the data source of storage and is independent of described medium transmitting apparatus and communicates with, described flow control system wherein is set to receive data, and control the stream of the data source of described medium transmitting apparatus data and described storage from the data source of described medium transmitting apparatus and described storage; And
Encoder, it is communicated by letter with described flow control system and receives the data flow of described control.
2. the system as claimed in claim 1, it further comprises:
The internet media player, it uses explorer to receive and plays described data from the described data of described encoder and on video-frequency monitor;
Data sorter, it is associated identifier with described data;
The identifier record device, the data of its record specified type are to the path of described internet media player; And
The identifier gatherer, its path with a plurality of described records outputs in the general data file.
3. system as claimed in claim 2, the data of wherein said specified type are commercial advertisements, described general data file is an ad log.
4. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said medium transmitting apparatus provides live data.
5. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said medium transmitting apparatus provides television broadcasting.
6. the system as claimed in claim 1, the data of wherein said storage be download from the webserver and be stored on the computer that is connected with described encoder.
7. the system as claimed in claim 1, the data of wherein said storage comprise commercial advertisement;
8. system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said flow control system allows the information of user's acquisition about content displayed in described commercial advertisement.
9. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said flow control system allows the user to order product or the service relevant with described content.
10. system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said flow control system provides the updated information about described medium transmitting apparatus data.
11. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data bit stored is among audio frequency and video interweaves file or GIF(Graphic Interchange format) file.
12. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flow control system are positioned at the electronic unit with described medium transmitting apparatus physical separation.
13. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flow control system is a software module, and it further comprises the Data Control manager software module that is used for control command is delivered to described flow control system.
14. system as claimed in claim 13, it further comprises the formation that is connected with described flow control system, is used for transmitting the information that relates to from the desired data sending order of the data source of described storage.
15. system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said Data Control manager is by the described control command of the Internet-delivered.
16. system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said formation can long-range change.
17. system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said formation is changed by uploading transmission information at computer network.
18. system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said formation is by changing from the internet download information.
19. system as claimed in claim 16, wherein said formation is by changing by the button on the telephone keypad.
20. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flow control system is monitored described medium transmitting apparatus data to detect control signal, wherein said flow control system receives described signal with the described Data Control manager of signalisation, and wherein said Data Control manager is controlled described current control manager in response to described control signal.
21. system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said control signal is a holding time.
22. system as claimed in claim 20, wherein said control signal are embedded in the described medium transmitting apparatus data.
23. the system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said control signal is an audible sound.
24. the system as claimed in claim 1, it further comprises the software log of incident, described software log is created in response to the data flow of described control, and described software log comprises the record that is delivered to the data of described encoder from the data source of described storage by described stream controller.
25. system as claimed in claim 24, wherein said software log can transmit on the internet.
26. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said medium transmitting apparatus data are television broadcastings.
27. the system as claimed in claim 1, the data of wherein said storage are advertisements.
28. system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said formation is an ad queue.
29. system as claimed in claim 24, wherein said software log is an ad log.
30. a system that sends composite signal stream on computer network comprises;
A plurality of data sources, and;
Flow control system, its setting is used for:
Reception is from two or more described a plurality of data sources with from the data of Data Control manager,
In response to control selectively from the instruction of described Data Control manager the data flow that receives from a plurality of data sources and
The data flow of described control is delivered to encoder as composite signal stream.
31. system as claimed in claim 30, it further comprises:
Media player, it is communicated by letter with from described encoder with described encoder and receives described composite signal stream;
Data sorter, it is related with described data with identifier;
The identifier record device, the data of its record specified type are to the path of described media player; And
The identifier gatherer, its path with a plurality of described records is input in the general data file.
32. system as claimed in claim 31, the identifier sign commercial advertisement of wherein said specified type, and described general data file is an ad log.
33. system as claimed in claim 30, in wherein said a plurality of data source at least one is that in live data source and the described data source at least one is the data source of storage, described flow control system wherein is set, it is communicated by letter with the Data Control manager, thereby in response to transmitting selectively from the instruction of described Data Control manager from least one described live data source with from the data of the data source of one or more described at least one storage.
34. system as claimed in claim 33, it further comprises encoder, and described encoder is used for receiving the described data that the transmission selected is arranged, thereby the data of described reception are become generated data stream.
35. system as claimed in claim 33, wherein said flow control system comprises the electronics formation.
36. system as claimed in claim 33, the data of wherein said storage be download from the webserver and be stored on the computer that is connected with described encoder.
37. system as claimed in claim 30, wherein said flow control system comprises the electronics formation.
38. system as claimed in claim 30, at least one in wherein said a plurality of data sources provides live data.
39. system as claimed in claim 38, at least one in wherein said a plurality of data sources comprise the video conveying.
40. system as claimed in claim 39, it is television broadcasting that wherein said video is carried.
41. system as claimed in claim 30, at least one in wherein said a plurality of data sources provides the data of storage.
42. system as claimed in claim 41, the data of wherein said storage comprise commercial advertisement.
43. system as claimed in claim 41, wherein said data bit stored is among audio frequency and video interweaves file, GIF(Graphic Interchange format) file, be positioned among the file according to joint photographic experts compression, or be positioned among the file according to Motion Picture Experts Group's standard compression.
44. system as claimed in claim 41, the data of wherein said storage be download from the webserver and be stored on the computer that is connected with described encoder.
45. system as claimed in claim 44, the data of wherein said storage comprise commercial advertisement.
46. one kind sends the system that composite signal flows to output equipment, it comprises;
A plurality of data sources;
Flow control system, it receives the data from one or more described a plurality of data sources, and the data of transmitting selectively from one or more described a plurality of data sources arrive encoder; And
Media player, it receives from the described data of described encoder and sends described data to video display.
47. a method that sends composite signal stream on computer network, it comprises;
Obtain data from a plurality of data sources;
Reception is from the control signal of the flow control system between described a plurality of data sources and encoder;
In response to the control signal of described reception, the data of transmitting selectively from one or more described a plurality of data sources arrive described encoder;
Send the described data that have selection to transmit and arrive described encoder;
There are the data of selecting to transmit to become generated data stream with described; And
Send described generated data and flow to media player.
48. method as claimed in claim 47, the wherein said transmission selectively further comprises;
Appointment is from the transmission sequence of the data of two or more described a plurality of data sources;
Described data are inserted information flow with described named order; With
Transmit described information and flow to described encoder.
49. method as claimed in claim 47, the described data of wherein said acquisition further comprise:
Place a plurality of data identifiers with order according to the transmission sequence of described appointment; And
The title of the data set that will be associated with described data identifier with described data identifier order is transferred to described flow control system.
50. method as claimed in claim 49, the wherein said transmission selectively further comprises:
Named data set is written into encoder; And
Transmit described named data set to media player.
51. method as claimed in claim 49, it further comprises with described data identifier order described data identifier is delivered to described stream controller.
52. method as claimed in claim 51, it further comprises:
The identifier that record is associated with the named data set of specified type is to the path of described internet media player; And
The path of a plurality of described records is input in the general data file.
53. method as claimed in claim 52, the identifier of wherein said specified type is commercial advertisement, and described general data file is an ad log.
54. method as claimed in claim 47, at least one in wherein said a plurality of data sources provides live data.
55. being videos, method as claimed in claim 54, wherein said live data source carry.
56. method as claimed in claim 55, it is television broadcasting that wherein said video is carried.
57. method as claimed in claim 47, at least one in wherein said a plurality of data sources provides the data of storage.
58. method as claimed in claim 57, wherein said data bit stored is among audio frequency and video interweaves file, GIF(Graphic Interchange format) file, file or the file according to Motion Picture Experts Group's standard compression according to the joint photographic experts compression.
59. a method that sends composite signal stream on computer network, it comprises:
Catch first data set;
Receive the request of transmission at least the second data set;
Specify described first and the transmission sequence of described at least second data set; And
According to the data flow of described specified order control from first data set and described at least second data set.
60. method as claimed in claim 59, it further comprises:
Send the described media player that controls flow to;
Identifier and described data are associated;
The identifier of record specified type is to the path of described media player; And
In the path input general data file with a plurality of described records.
61. method as claimed in claim 60, the identifier of wherein said specified type is commercial advertisement, and described general data file is an ad log.
62. method as claimed in claim 59, wherein said output equipment is a video-frequency monitor.
63. method as claimed in claim 59, wherein said output equipment is a personal digital assistant.
64. further comprising, method as claimed in claim 59, wherein said order given step from the electronics formation, obtain the data transfer sequence that is predetermined.
65. method as claimed in claim 59, at least one of wherein said data centralization comprises live data.
66. as the described method of claim 65, wherein said live data source is that video is carried.
67. as the described method of claim 66, it is television broadcasting that wherein said video is carried.
68. method as claimed in claim 59, at least one of wherein said data centralization sends the data of storage.
69. as the described method of claim 68, wherein said data bit stored is among audio frequency and video interweaves file, GIF(Graphic Interchange format) file, file or the file according to Motion Picture Experts Group's standard compression according to the joint photographic experts compression.
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