Multimedia transcoding proxy server for wireless telecommunication system

US8978090B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8978090-B2
Application numberUS-79862004-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 10, 2004
Priority dateMar 12, 2003
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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Digital multimedia is broadcast by a wireless provider by first decoding incoming multimedia streams and then encoding each stream using one of at least two encoding parameter sets as appropriate for the particular user or groups of users to receive the stream.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, operable in a wireless communication system, comprising: a customer manager to determine a first user preference for selective re-encoding of a multimedia stream for a first user and a second user preference for selective re-encoding of the multimedia stream for a second user; an encode manager included within wireless service provider equipment of the wireless communication system that receives the multimedia stream and selects at least one…

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What does patent US8978090B2 cover?
Digital multimedia is broadcast by a wireless provider by first decoding incoming multimedia streams and then encoding each stream using one of at least two encoding parameter sets as appropriate for the particular user or groups of users to receive the stream.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lane Richard Doil, Qualcomm Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N21/2402. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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