Progressive multimedia synchronization

摘要

There is disclosed means for uploading/downloading images to/from a remote server and for viewing the same. The uploading/downloading of the images to/from the remote server is parallel instead of serial. This means that the images, instead of being transferred as a sequential stream of bytes, instead are arranged in scans of image data in such a way that the uploaded/downloaded images can be browsed early albeit at a lower quality than if the entire image data is considered. As in the serial case, it is possible to interrupt the uploading/downloading process at any time, and still browse the received image data. Likewise it is possible to re-start the uploading/downloading process in the future.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing multimedia content at a storing device; dividing said multimedia content into at least two packages; classifying, depending on data in said at least two packages and by using a relevance criterion, said at least two packages as a relevant package and at least one less relevant package; and transmitting said relevant package from said storing device to a receiving device, wherein a tail is appended to each transmitted package, said tail enabling each transmitted package to be decoded at said receiving device, wherein said tail comprises information regarding a position in the multimedia content of the package to which said tail is appended, wherein said multimedia content represent a first and a second multimedia file and wherein said first and second multimedia files each are divided and classified into a relevant package and at least one less relevant package, and wherein the second of said first and second multimedia files is provided after at least one of said at least one less relevant package of said first multimedia file has been transmitted, said method further comprising transmitting said relevant package of said second multimedia file before transmitting the remaining of said at least one less relevant package of said first multimedia file.