WO2011151799A1 - Procédé et système de reproduction de contenus multimédia associés à un événement - Google Patents

Procédé et système de reproduction de contenus multimédia associés à un événement Download PDF

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WO2011151799A1
WO2011151799A1 PCT/IB2011/052422 IB2011052422W WO2011151799A1 WO 2011151799 A1 WO2011151799 A1 WO 2011151799A1 IB 2011052422 W IB2011052422 W IB 2011052422W WO 2011151799 A1 WO2011151799 A1 WO 2011151799A1
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Stefano Bozolo
Stefano Gori
Stefano Morandi
Iacopo Spalletti
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Stefano Gori
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  • the present invention relates to a method and to a system for enjoying multimedia contents associated with an event by users, in synchrony with an event the users are watching.
  • ALS Simultaneous Linguistic Adaptation
  • the simultaneity the abbreviation ALS refers to does not relate to the production of texts since they are forcedly prepared in advance according to the editorial procedure and clarity, but to the transmission thereof, which takes place at the same time as the production (through singing, acting, description or commentary) of said texts in the event.
  • the transmission from the server to the displays can take place through different systems, but essentially: wired between server and projector that projects the texts on the reflecting screen(s) arranged above or on the side of the scene; likewise, via a cable wherethrough the signal between server and electronic display-terminals travels, or wireless from the server to dedicated terminals especially constructed for interfacing with the server, and provided to the public by the organizer that has purchased or realised them in advance.
  • the display-terminals in some cases are directly inserted in the public's seats, the organiser or owner of the show place having purchased the seats with display, and wiring or constructing the network apparatus suitable for the transmission-reception.
  • the public accesses the service selecting the desired language on a menu with a button, and can thus display it.
  • the projection on a screen made of reflecting material, such as for example PVC, above the proscenium, is by far the most used and inexpensive system and has the advantage of having text and scene at the same distance and therefore at the same optical focus.
  • it has the considerable drawback of contemplating only one or at most (very seldom) two languages, and of not being implementable in some places (especially outdoors) where it is impossible to set up a screen above or at the sides of the scene keeping an acceptable visual angle with the same scene.
  • the multimedia content associated with the ongoing event scene is transmitted by the server to the display each time the scene changes.
  • the transmission of the multimedia content is synchronised but not the play. If there are multiple displays whereto the server must transmit the multimedia content, there will be a load of the system that increases as the number of displays on which the multimedia content has to be played increases, this causes a non synchronised playing of the multimedia content associated with the ongoing scene that makes the event not very enjoyable.
  • the patent application PCT WO/2009/051503 describes a method for sending prizes or targeted advertisements to the users of mobile devices for encouraging a larger use of the services of the telecommunication companies such as voice calls or ''short message service", and at the same time, for processing and monitoring the users' operations.
  • the patent application PCT WO/2007/071888 describes a method for authenticating the messages transmitted to the users of a network, in particular to the users of a wireless network.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, providing a method as substantially described in claim 1.
  • a further object of the present invention is a system for playing multimedia contents relating to an ongoing event as defined in claim 14.
  • the present invention solves the main problem at very limited costs, and the only one not yet solved at very limited costs, that is, the perfectly controlled synchrony, both in input and in output, between transmission and reception of the same contents.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention uses a wireless technology according to the WiFi standard.
  • the text contents prepared in multiple languages according to the editorial theory and practice of the theatre and/or cinema surtitling, a practice similar to that of the above-mentioned systems that together concur to constituting the prior art, are provided through wireless networks on mobile terminals such as mobile phones or PDAs generally available on the market and set up for a Wi-Fi connection.
  • the system further allows transmitting information texts and messages and/or advertisements of products, events and services related or not to the show where it is activated.
  • obsolescence and maintenance are mainly borne by the same public, which use their own portable devices usually used for personal communication and navigation.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exemplary diagram of an embodiment of a system according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary flow chart of an embodiment of a method according to the present invention.
  • the present invention shall be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the above figures.
  • the present invention relates to a method for playing multimedia contents related to an ongoing event on one or more terminals 3 connected to a server 2.
  • Said multimedia contents for example are texts, images, videos or a combination thereof, preferably texts, images and/or videos that describe or improve the enjoyment of a live event.
  • Said event is any live event such as for example an opera, a theatre work, rock or pop concert, conventions, conferences, academic classes, religious or sports representations, cinema festivals, dividable into one or more parts, wherein the word part is defined in the present description as any time portion of the ongoing event.
  • the event may be subdivided into minutes, seconds, hours, acts in the case of an opera or a theatre show or sessions, as in the case of conventions, conferences, or in chapters, scenes, times.
  • the method according to the invention provides a step wherein at least a part of event is associated with a respective multimedia content.
  • each part may be associated with a multimedia content before the beginning of the event, for example storing the multimedia content to a storage device and identifying which part of the event it relates to, in another embodiment said association may be performed updating the multimedia content in real time during the performance of the event, for example on a storage device.
  • the method according to the invention provides a step of updating in real time on a server the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event.
  • the multimedia content associated with each part is updated on a server, preferably publishing images, texts and/or videos constituting the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event, on a web server.
  • the update may be made, for example, with software that based on the time subdivision of the event updates the contents on the server or by an operator that following the performance of the ongoing event updates the server in real time.
  • the method according to the invention provides a step of determining whether it is needed to transmit on one or more terminals 3 connected to the server 2 the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event, and whether it is needed to transmit and play on said one or more terminals 3 the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event.
  • the method according to the invention then provides for determining whether the multimedia content updated on the server must be transmitted to the terminals, for example determining whether they have already received it.
  • said step of determining whether for one or more of said terminals 3 it is needed to transmit said multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event comprises a step of verifying if the multimedia content has been updated on the server and defining the transmission as necessary when said update has been made.
  • a software instruction may for example be added on a program implemented on the server that manages the transmission of the multimedia contents that automatically, at each update of the multimedia content, sends the multimedia content relating to the ongoing part of the event to the connected terminals 3.
  • said step of determining whether for one or more of said terminals 3 it is needed to transmit said multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event comprises a step wherein server 2 receives one or more transmission requests of said multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event from one or more of terminals 3 connected thereto.
  • said one or more transmission requests are forwarded by terminals 3 at regular intervals, for example every 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 ms.
  • the multimedia content associated with the ongoing event is then transmitted at each request to the terminals that have forwarded the request.
  • the transmission requests sent by said one or more terminals 3 comprise information enabling the identification of one or more multimedia contents already received by the terminal that has forwarded the requests. In this way, the server is prevented from sending the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event to the terminals that have already received it.
  • the data distribution network 4 whereto the terminals and the server are connected will therefore be faster since no useless data will be transmitted, while obtaining the result that terminals 3 receive and play the multimedia content associated with the ongoing part of the event.
  • This embodiment will be obtained for example by implementing a software on the server that verifies the matching between the multimedia content associated with the ongoing event, or an identification number thereof, and that optionally already transmitted to the terminal that has requested it, if they match the multimedia content associated with the ongoing event is not transmitted, otherwise it is transmitted and played on the terminal that has requested it.
  • the transmission of the multimedia contents to terminals 3 preferably takes place through a radiofrequency data transmission technology, in particular of the packet switching type such as for example the Wi-Fi technology, as defined in the family of IEEE 802.11 standards, preferably in an isolated network environment set up for content transmission-reception.
  • a radiofrequency data transmission technology in particular of the packet switching type such as for example the Wi-Fi technology, as defined in the family of IEEE 802.11 standards, preferably in an isolated network environment set up for content transmission-reception.
  • the multimedia contents received by the terminals are preferably played in a browser such as for example Safari, MS Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.
  • the terminals connected to the server for example are PDAs, smartphones, cell phones, laptops, tablets and more in general, devices adapted to be connected via Wi- Fi connected to the server (2), preferably through a wireless distribution network 4.
  • connection to server 2 of said one or more terminals 3 is preceded by an authentication step.
  • the terminals for connecting to the network may conveniently be identified by the server, for example by the input of a user name and a password by the user of the terminal, which are transmitted to the server that will manage the user authentication and the transmission of the multimedia contents.
  • each terminal 3 performs continuous request cycles to server 2 for updating the multimedia content reproduced as web page on the terminal and server 2 updates them according to the timing, automated through scripts or piloted by an operator to the titling, who following the music or the text on the score or on the sheet or on the script, prompts the server to update the contents.
  • This simple mechanism combined with the particular lightness of the amounts of data transmitted, allows the absolute control of the display of the contents, in particular texts, on the users' terminals, the following effect is thus obtained: upon the publication of a new text content by server 2, the users' terminals display the updated contents without the need for a complete update of the page, and without the user's intervention.
  • the present invention allows obtaining the very reduced synchronisation times mentioned above even in the presence of a large number of simultaneous users (above 100).
  • the following diagrams and tables show the results of the load test and of the latency measurement as well as of the response and delay times in operating conditions, performed during the development study of the present invention, which explains what described above.
  • the tests were conducted with network cards and mobile devices in order to measure objective data on the network stability and the subjective usability of the service.
  • a benchmarking suite was elaborated, capable of simulating the load in controlled conditions, both as number of clients and as number of requests.
  • the suite allows verifying the load of both server 2 (measured as number of requests met per second), and of network 4 (in terms of waiting times for completing each request and network latency).
  • the tests were conducted simulating up to 208 terminals (clients) on a standard ALS request, with different coverage devices.
  • the object of the present invention is a system for playing multimedia contents related to an ongoing event on one or more terminals suitable for implementing a method according to the present description.
  • the system for playing multimedia contents related to an ongoing event suitable for implementing a preferred embodiment of the method according to the present description comprises:
  • a controller 1 is the terminal wherewith the operators interface with the system: it allows the content management and the display thereof through a client application that interfaces with the management system; the application allows the input (also massive) and the edit of ALS contents, of the relevant effects (selected in a default set), the concurrent display of the different languages and of course, the activation of the current content upon the execution during the performances.
  • a server 2 that hosts a web component, and is the system the terminals access to for consulting the contents, the authentication.
  • the web component is an intranet site for content distribution: for distributing the ALS contents, the intranet site manages the user authentication, the provision of the information on the service use (for example: set the mobile phone to offline mode, adjust the screen brightness, etc.) besides other contents defined each time, the language selection (with automatic preselection of the same based on the client device) and the distribution of the ALS contents.
  • a software application implemented on server 2 for the release of access enabling codes, on payment or not, codes suitable for giving the client terminals the permission to access the service implemented through the devices of the previous items, a preliminary menu wherein the clients select the language to receive the text.
  • a distribution network 4 consisting of one or more Access Points that offer connectivity to the terminals, enabling the dialogue with the server system.
  • the distribution network comprises a plurality of access points configured for a data transmission network according to the packet switching radiofrequency technology (IEEE 802.11 standard) in an insulated environment set up for the transmission- reception of ALS (simultaneous linguistic adaptation) contents;
  • One or more terminals 3 the terminals enable access to the contents with software designed ad-hoc and installed on board, or through a standard web browser.
  • One or more (receiving) terminals represented by the mobile phones or PDAs or other receiving apparatus according to the WI-FI protocol; where said elements are set up and used for providing the simultaneous linguistic adaptation (surtitling or captioning) to a live show such as those described above.
  • the terminals implement a software application wherein the terminals prompt server 2, at intervals of a predetermined number of minutes or seconds, to update the text page, while the server updates the page on the manual order of an operator in charge of the service, or automatically based on sound or text recognition software.
  • the system and the method of the present invention allow obtaining a perfect synchronism between event and content distribution, reversing the user's experience in the enjoyment of the contents: from client-driven (that is, controlled by the user), thus without the possibility of synchronisation among all the users participating in the network, to server-driven (that is, controlled by the server), with synchronisation times adjustable by the server.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et un système permettant à des utilisateurs d'apprécier des contenus multimédia associés à un événement, en synchronicité avec un événement que regardent les utilisateurs.
PCT/IB2011/052422 2010-06-04 2011-06-01 Procédé et système de reproduction de contenus multimédia associés à un événement WO2011151799A1 (fr)

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