System and method for delivering multimedia content for playback through network

摘要

A system and method that transmits multimedia content over a long distance through network for prompt display of the transmitted multimedia content, wherein multimedia content are encoded into streaming format data files that enables smooth transmission and continuous display of multimedia content, said streaming format reflects inherent temporal characteristic of multimedia content, said streaming data files are arranged in a way that allows access and retrieval through hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP, and the transmission of multimedia content is regulated in a way that adapts to the inherent characteristics and/or real-time traffic condition of the network or display progress.

主权项

1. A system to deliver multimedia content for display through a network, comprising subsystems that store, edit, process, transmit, and display multimedia content, wherein the said subsystem, either independently or collectively,
(i) tramsits multimedia content into streaming format data format that enables smooth transmission and continuous display of multimedia content, wherein the streaming data format reflects an inherent temporal characteristic of multimedia content, wherein the inherent temporal characteristic includes a temporal series or temporal position of each portion of the multimedia content, and wherein the smooth transmission and continuous display of the multimedia content provides an uninterrupted display of the multimedia content by avoiding buffering wait times after an initial start of the display of the multimedia content, wherein the streaming data format includes index data that contain information regarding inherent characteristics, temporal processing, and/or localization of the multimedia content, wherein temporal processing includes a time to process the multimedia content, and wherein localization of the multimedia content provides transmission of the multimedia content based on a local timer; and/or (ii) arranges streaming data to allow access and retrieval through hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP); and/or (iii) regulates transmission of multimedia content to adapt to the inherent temporal characteristics of the multimedia content, a real-time traffic condition of the network, and/or display of the multimedia content to dynamically adjust a multimedia streaming bit rate to adapt to bandwidth fluctuations.