SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM A NETWORK NODE

Title:

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM A NETWORK NODE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2005084381

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A scheme for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node. A message is provided to the network node by a client application executing on a digital multimedia device, wherein the message includes a multidimensional pointer to a depository of digital multimedia content associated with the network node as well as a timing parameter operable to indicate when the message is to take effect. The multidimensional pointer contains a relative time offset variable as well as a plurality of media identifier dimensions corresponding to a plurality of nested hierarchical levels into which the digital multimedia content is organized. Responsive to the message, content from a particular content source identified by the multidimensional pointer is streamed to the digital multimedia device at a time indicated responsive to the timing parameter.

Inventors:

ZENG THOMAS (US)
FOSTER MICHAEL (US)
SEVERA MICHAEL (US)
CHAN CHEUK (US)
SHERWOOD GREG P (US)
WU WEI (US)
KOSIBA DAVID (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2005/007145

Publication Date:

January 05, 2006

Filing Date:

March 03, 2005

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Assignee:

PACKETVIDEO NETWORK SOLUTIONS (US)
ZENG THOMAS (US)
FOSTER MICHAEL (US)
SEVERA MICHAEL (US)
CHAN CHEUK (US)
SHERWOOD GREG P (US)
WU WEI (US)
KOSIBA DAVID (US)

International Classes:

G06F15/16; (IPC1-7): H04N7/10; H04N7/025

Foreign References:

US20050071881A1	2005-03-31
US6441832B1	2002-08-27
US20030236905A1	2003-12-25

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