EP1454250A4 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A VIDEO DATA FLOW BASED ON A CLIENT OR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Google Patents

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A VIDEO DATA FLOW BASED ON A CLIENT OR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

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EP1454250A4
EP1454250A4 EP02797305A EP02797305A EP1454250A4 EP 1454250 A4 EP1454250 A4 EP 1454250A4 EP 02797305 A EP02797305 A EP 02797305A EP 02797305 A EP02797305 A EP 02797305A EP 1454250 A4 EP1454250 A4 EP 1454250A4
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client
modifying
video stream
network environment
stream based
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English (en)
French (fr)
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EP1454250A2 (en
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Jens Cahnbley
John William Richardson
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THOMSON LICENSING
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/2343—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
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    • H04N21/234381—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. decreasing the frame rate by frame skipping
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    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44209—Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network
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    • H04N21/65—Transmission of management data between client and server
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    • H04N21/6582—Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
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  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Compression Or Coding Systems Of Tv Signals (AREA)
EP02797305A 2001-12-15 2002-12-13 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A VIDEO DATA FLOW BASED ON A CLIENT OR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Ceased EP1454250A4 (en)

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JP (1) JP2005513876A (zh)
KR (1) KR101080237B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN1316398C (zh)
AU (1) AU2002361665A1 (zh)
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KR101080237B1 (ko) 2011-11-08
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