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WO2011080545A1 - Procédé de diffusion en continu de fichiers multimédia partagés, au moyen de dispositifs multimédia sans fil connectés par usb - Google Patents

Procédé de diffusion en continu de fichiers multimédia partagés, au moyen de dispositifs multimédia sans fil connectés par usb Download PDF

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WO2011080545A1
WO2011080545A1 PCT/IB2010/000156 IB2010000156W WO2011080545A1 WO 2011080545 A1 WO2011080545 A1 WO 2011080545A1 IB 2010000156 W IB2010000156 W IB 2010000156W WO 2011080545 A1 WO2011080545 A1 WO 2011080545A1
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Dale Kyle Hird
Charalabos Diamantopoulos
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/06—Protocols specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
    • H04L65/60—Network streaming of media packets
    • H04L65/61—Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
    • H04L65/612—Network streaming of media packets for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio for unicast
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4135—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices external recorder
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/414—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
    • H04N21/4143—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/432—Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk
    • H04N21/4325—Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk by playing back content from the storage medium
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/4363—Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
    • H04N21/43637—Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11]

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  • This invention relates to wirelessly selecting, downloading, and playing audio/ video files. More particularly this invention relates to a wireless media device which is plugged into a USB port on an audio /video player, to view, and subsequently play a selected shared media file on a wireless network. A user is able to first view shared filenames, and then selectively stream and concurrently play, a selected media file stored anywhere on the network.
  • Media file folders stored on a networked computer are initially viewed from the media player. After a selection is made, data in the selected folder is subsequently streamed and concurrently played on the media player.
  • a selected media file is downloaded in real time as it is concurrently played, the present practice of downloading each title and file onto a secondary storage medium (not shown) prior to use, and subsequently locating, and moving that storage medium to the media player can be entirely eliminated.
  • It is yet a further object of this invention to save time and expense.
  • It is yet a further object of this invention to disclose a more efficient and convenient method of organizing an enormousity of audio and video mediums.
  • One aspect of this invention provides for a method of downloading and playing a media file stored on a network computer, on a media player having a USB port to input data thereto, comprises the following steps: i) providing a download media device having USB wireless radio hardware including an embedded operating system, a controller, a basic input output system which controls the hardware and interfaces with the operating system, a caching system - controlled by the operating system, a data storage means, and a USB port; ii) connecting the USB port of the player to the USB port of the download device; and, iii) selectively downloading a shared data file from the network computer to the streaming media device connected to the media player.
  • a method of selecting, downloading, and playing an audio/ video file stored on a network computer to a media player to input data thereto comprising the following steps: i) providing a streaming media device having wireless radio hardware including an embedded operating system, a controller, a basic input output system which controls the hardware and interfaces with the operating system, a caching system - controlled by the operating system, a data storage means, wired into the media player; and, ii) selectively downloading a shared data file from the network computer to the streaming media device connected to the media player.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a wireless media streaming device connected by a USB jack to a media player.
  • FIG 2 is a schematic drawing of the wireless streaming media device shown in figure 1.
  • FIG 1 we have a schematic perspective view of a wireless router which is connected to the internet WWW and a network computer 24.
  • the network computer is intended to include a computer 24 on the internet.
  • a wireless streaming media device 20 is wirelessly connected to the network computer 24.
  • the wireless streaming media device 20 is also connected to media player 26 which is connected to a monitor 28.
  • the media player 26 is a DVD player 27 and the monitor 28 is a television 29.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic drawing of the wireless streaming media device 20 shown in figure 1.
  • a method of downloading and playing a media file 22 stored on a network computer 24, on a media player 26 having a USB port 30 to input data thereto comprises the following steps: i) providing a streaming media device 20 having USB wireless radio hardware 82 including an embedded operating system OS, a controller C, a basic input output system BIOS which controls the hardware 82 and interfaces with the operating system OS, a caching system CS- controlled by the operating systrm OS, a data storage means DSM, and a USB jack 84; ii) connecting the USB port 30 of the player to the USB jack 84 connected to the wireless streaming media device 20; and, iii) selectively downloading a shared data file 22 from the network computer 24 to the streaming media device 20 connected to the player 26.
  • a network computer 24 is intended and defined to include not only a computer networked in a local area network but additionally any computer or server which is interconnected, and is available to download from through the internet.
  • download is used in its broadest meaning which is "to transfer data” .
  • Download is intended and defined to include not only a complete and maximally rapid transfer of a complete file but also a slower "streaming" transfer of a file in real time to a media player 26.
  • streaming is defined and intended to mean not only a relatively slow transfer of data necessitated by a lack of memory to store the complete file being transferred, but additionally a transfer of data where the transferred data is stored.
  • a media player is defined and intended to include an audio player which downloads audio files and plays through loudspeakers.
  • the network computer 24 is connected to a wireless router WR.
  • the streaming media device 20 is also wirelessly connected to the router WR.
  • the streaming media device 20 comprises a chip employing at least 802. 1 lg/ 2.4 GHz wireless technology so that the requirement of high quality DVD media of about 3 Mbps is easily exceeded thereby facilitating download of media files 22 in real time thereby eliminating the necessity to download and store files in advance of playing.
  • the media file folders 22 on the networked computer 24 can be first viewed, prior to making a selection therefrom, and downloading can be commenced from the media player 26.
  • the operating system OS is a relatively small chip based system COS that will interact the basic input output system BIOS, present a web interface for configuration, and provide
  • the data storage means DSM has standard memory to hold actual data, as well as virtual data presentation means so that virtual data stored in a network folder 22 can be presented in the same fashion as actual data, thus allowing the download media device 20 to first read and then play the file folder contents in real time, as if the file folder and its contents actually resided in the data storage means DSM of the streaming media device 20.
  • the method further comprises the initial step of configuring the streaming media device 20 to the network by connecting the streaming media device 20 directly to a USB port 30 of one of the computers 24 in the network and then having a setup wizard walk the user through the initial configuration.
  • a subsequent step comprises remote setup from the computer 24 after the download media device 20 is connected to the media player 26 by browsing to http://address-of-the-media device thereby accessing a web page to configure the device.
  • the media device is effectively a node on the network.
  • the general method specified above can be adapted to provide for the streaming media device 20 being integrated within the media player 26.
  • a method of selecting, downloading, and playing a media file 22 stored on a network computer to a media player 26 to input data thereinto comprising the following steps: i) providing a streaming media device 20 having wireless radio hardware 82 including an embedded operating system OS, a controller C, a basic input output system BIOS which controls the hardware 82 and interfaces with the operating system OS, a caching system CS - controlled by the operating system OS, a data storage means DSM, wired into the media player 26; and, ii) selectively downloading a shared data file 22 from the network computer 24 to the media download device 20 connected to the player 26.
  • This general method for the streaming media device 20 need be modified when the streaming media device 20 is integrated within the media player 26.
  • the modified general method can be limited by the same limitations as specified above under the most general method.

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  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
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  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant de télécharger et de restituer sur un lecteur multimédia, qui est pourvu d'un port USB servant à y effectuer des entrées de données, un fichier multimédia stocké sur un ordinateur en réseau. Ce procédé comporte les étapes suivantes: i) mise à disposition d'un dispositif multimédia de diffusion en continu comportant un matériel USB radio sans fil comprenant un système d'exploitation intégré, un contrôleur, un système d'entrées/sorties de base qui commande le matériel et fonctionne en interface avec le système d'exploitation, un système d'antémémoire qui est commandé par le système d'exploitation, des moyens de stockage de données, et un port USB; ii) connexion du port USB du lecteur à la prise jack USB connectée au dispositif multimédia de diffusion en continu; et iii) téléchargement sélectif d'un fichier de données partagé depuis l'ordinateur en réseau vers le dispositif de diffusion en continu connecté au lecteur multimédia. Dans un autre aspect de l'invention, le dispositif multimédia de diffusion en continu est intégré au lecteur multimédia, ce procédé supprimant l'étape ii) décrite précédemment.
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