Method and apparatus for managing and processing information of an object for multi-source-streaming

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9344471-B2
Application number	US-81164408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2008
Priority date	Jan 15, 2008
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

Preparing of information about a content source is disclosed. One method in accordance with the information preparing creates item information on a first component pertaining to an arbitrary content source, incorporates the created information on the first component into a first structure element (e.g., tag), creates a second structure element containing information making display layout information for the arbitrary content source accessible, creates information on at least one component pertaining to the arbitrary content source other than the first component, and incorporates the created information on the at least one component into at least one third structure element included within the second structure element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a multiple component including a video content and an audio content, the method comprising:
issuing a browse action to a media server for obtaining additional information, the additional information indicating a metadata associated with the multiple component;
receiving a browse response in response to the browse action, wherein the browse response includes the additional information including a video component, an audio component and a caption component, wherein each of the video component, the audio component and the caption component is grouped based on a component type, and wherein each of the grouped video component, the grouped audio component and the grouped caption component is included in a separate resource structure element;
issuing a play action to a media renderer for requesting a playback of the video content and the audio content;
playing the video content and the audio content according to the play action, wherein the video content and the audio content are synchronously played based on the additional information; and
issuing a transform action to the media renderer for changing the audio content to other audio content during the playing of the video content and the audio content,
wherein the audio content and the other audio content are included in the grouped audio component, and
wherein the grouped audio component further includes access location information and expression language information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the grouped video component, the grouped audio component and the grouped caption component comprises information on whether a grouped component is essential for playing the video content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the grouped video component and the grouped audio component comprise coding type information.

4. An apparatus for controlling a multiple component including a video content and an audio content, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
issue a browse action to a media server for obtaining additional information, the additional information indicating a metadata associated with the multiple component,
receive a browse response in response to the browse action, wherein the browse response includes the additional information including a video component, an audio component and a caption component, wherein each of the video component, the audio component and the caption component is grouped based on a component type, and wherein each of the grouped video component, the grouped audio component and the grouped caption component is included in a separate resource structure element,
issue a play action to a media renderer for requesting a playback of the video content and the audio content, play the video content and the audio content according to the play action, wherein the video content and the audio content are synchronously played based on the additional information, and
issue a transform action to the media renderer for changing the audio content to other audio content during the playing of the video content and the audio content,
wherein the audio content and the other audio content are included in the grouped audio component, and
wherein the grouped audio component further includes access location information and expression language information.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the grouped video component, the grouped audio component and the grouped caption component comprises information on whether a grouped component is essential for playing the video content.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the grouped video component and the grouped audio component comprise coding type information.

Assignees

• Lee Jae Wook
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jae Wook

Classifications

• H04N21/2358

  for generating different versions, e.g. for different recipient devices · CPC title

• H04L65/4084 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title

• H04N21/2365

  Multiplexing of several video streams · CPC title

• H04N21/8586

  by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02) · CPC title