Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080279548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FAULT DEPENDENCY OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TANDEM CONNECTION MONITORING - A method for processing fault dependency of different levels of tandem connection monitoring is provided. The method comprises obtaining monitored coverage scopes of the different levels of tandem connection monitoring (TCM); locating a fault section according to an overlapping relationship between monitored coverage scopes of the at least two different levels of TCM at which the warnings are reported and performance degradation degrees of the at least two different levels of TCM, the fault section being located when warnings are reported in at least two different levels of TCM; and outputting location-related information that includes information of the fault section to a user. | 11-13-2008 |
20080301308 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING INTERACTIVE MEDIA SESSION BASED ON IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - A method and system for establishing an interactive media session based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem, including: a terminal adapted to initiate an interactive media session request and receive a media session response; a serving-CSCF adapted to trigger the request to the application server according to a triggering rule and route the message; a proxy-CSCF adapted to forward the request and the response between the terminal and the serving-CSCF; an application server adapted to process the service request; a media control entity adapted to control resource allocation of the media carrier entity; and a media carrier entity adapted to allocate address ports for RTSP connection and RTP connection with the terminal. The present invention can be applied to a NGN network where the carrier and control are separated to improve the media delivery efficiency. | 12-04-2008 |
20080301747 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA RESOURCE SCHEDULING - An IMS-based media resource scheduling method includes: initiating a media resource request by an Application Server (AS) to a media routing functional entity; determining a media server by the media routing functional entity; and routing the media resource request to the determined media server. The disclosure also provides an IMS-based media resource scheduling system, a Media Resource Locating Function (MRLF), a Media Resource Broker Function (MRBF), and a Media Resource Function Controller (MRFC). According to the disclosure, the media resource scheduling process is implemented and the user's QoS requirement is satisfied by selecting a suitable one from at least one media server for providing stream media service to the UE. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307108 | STREAMING MEDIA NETWORK SYSTEM, STREAMING MEDIA SERVICE REALIZATION METHOD AND STREAMING MEDIA SERVICE ENABLER - The present invention provides an IMS-based streaming media network system comprising: a streaming media service enabler configured to provide streaming media service description information to a user terminal; an application server configured to send a media resource request after the user terminal selects a streaming media service based on the service description information provided by the streaming media service enabler and after receiving a streaming media service request sent from the user terminal, and to provide the user terminal with information on a media resource delivery processing function entity storing streaming media contents after acquiring the information on the media resource delivery processing function entity; and, a media server configured to provide the application server with the information on the media resource delivery processing function entity storing the streaming media contents, based on the media resource request sent from the application server. The present invention addresses the problem of realizing streaming media services on the basis of IMS-based network architecture. | 12-11-2008 |
20080310637 | Method, System And Rights Issuer For Generating And Acquiring Rights Objects - A method and system for generating and acquiring rights objects according to the embodiments. In the present disclosure, the generation and acquisition of rights objects is implemented as a service function or a service support function; a rights issuer is deployed as an application server or as a service support entity for an application server. Therefore, the present disclosure makes full use of all existing entities and operating mechanisms in an IMS network and provides an optimized method and system for generating and acquiring rights objects. Furthermore, the rights issuer may obtain user requests or online state information of users via the IMS. In addition, the present disclosure provides a rights issuer. | 12-18-2008 |
20090175618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SUBNET CONNECTION PROTECTION WITH SUB-LAYER MONITORING ON AN ODUK - The present invention relates to the field of Optical Transport Networks (OTNs) and discloses a method for implementing SNC/S on an ODUk, including: allocating a Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM) level to an ODUk service, wherein if different TCM levels are allocated to the same node in the ODUk service, the different TCM levels are executed in the specified sequence in the same node; configuring SNC/S protection for the ODUk service. The present invention also discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing SNCP with Sub-layer monitoring (SNC/S) on an ODUk implement ODUk SNC/S protection and interoperability between multiple SNC/S entities. | 07-09-2009 |
20090180774 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING AND CONFIGURING TANDEM CONNECTION MONITORING (TCM) - A method for allocating and configuring TCM in an embodiment of the present invention includes: configuring the domain that needs TCM in a network and the scope of the domain; determining the ODU service that needs TCM; and allocating TCM automatically according to the ODU service trail and the configured domain; and enabling or disabling the TCM of each level. The present invention enables the system to allocate TCM automatically. The TCM levels can be allocated easily in a centralized way, or for each node in a distributed way. The present invention ensures that the TCM level allocated for the service in the forward direction corresponds to that in the reverse direction. The method is perfectly applicable to the networks of more than six operators. The TCM levels are handled according to the allocated order, thus ensuring correct insertion of AIS and BDI and unique result of insertion. | 07-16-2009 |
20090207918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TRANSCODING - The present embodiments disclose methods and apparatus for transcoding video data. A method for transcoding video data may include: performing variable length decoding on an input bit stream; determining a bit stream part that can be transmitted transparently and a bit stream part that cannot be transmitted transparently according to an original compression protocol, a target compression protocol, and relevant bit stream parameters; decompressing the bit stream part that cannot be transmitted transparently according to the original compression protocol and compressing the decompressed bit stream according to the target compression protocol; combining the bit stream part that can be transmitted transparently and the compressed bit stream part that cannot be transmitted transparently; and performing variable length coding on the combined bit stream to generate an output bit stream. This greatly decreases the calculation workload of the transcoder, speeds up transcoding, and ensures real-time image transmission. | 08-20-2009 |
20090245256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST SERVICES - The present disclosure discloses a method for providing multicast services, which includes receiving a multicast service request sent by a UE through an IMS network, obtaining the media transmission parameters of the multicast media streams, sending a response to the UE through the IMS network with the media transmission parameters carried in the response, and sending the multicast media streams corresponding to the media transmission parameters to the UE. Further, a system providing multicast services and a multicast service support system is disclosed. | 10-01-2009 |
20090260032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING STREAMING SERVICES, AND SERVICE DISCOVERY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a method and system for discovering streaming services, and a service discovery apparatus. The method includes steps as follows: The IMS network side generates streaming service information, and sends the information to a UE according to the information of the UE accessing the IMS network. The method, system and service discovery apparatus are based on IMS technologies. The service discovery unit may send the streaming service information to the UE automatically according to the information of the UE accessing the IMS network, without requiring requests from the UE or the address of the EPG generating unit. | 10-15-2009 |
20090260033 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING IPTV SERVICE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing IPTV service are disclosed according to the present invention. In particular, a user equipment initiates an IPTV service request to an IPTV application subsystem in an IMS session. The IPTV application subsystem acquires content description from a service selection function entity according to the IPTV service request, and enables a multimedia delivery subsystem to provide content to the user equipment based on the acquired content description. According to the present invention, a content description function entity is provided in the system. The content description function entity is able to provide content description which may be utilized in the IMS session procedure for the purpose of implementing IPTV service. | 10-15-2009 |
20100011401 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING TERMINAL CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN IPTV SERVICE - A system, an apparatus and a method for applying terminal capability information in an IPTV service are provided. The system includes a user equipment (UE), a Core IP multimedia subsystem (Core IMS), a device profile function (DPF) and an application server, wherein, the UE is configured to transmit the terminal capability information and receive the IPTV service; the Core IMS is configured to forward the terminal capability information received from the user equipment to the DPF; the DPF is configured to transmit the terminal capability information to the application server; and the application server is configured to provide the IPTV service for the UE according to the terminal capability information. The method comprises: receiving terminal capability information transmitted by a UE via a Core IMS; providing the IPTV service for the UE according to the acquired terminal capability information. | 01-14-2010 |
20100121963 | Method and Device for Obtaining Media Description Information of IPTV Services - A method and device for obtaining media description information of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a network device, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request for obtaining media description information, where the SIP request is sent by a User Equipment (UE) through a core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and carries a content identifier; sending, by the network device, a SIP response that carries the media description information corresponding to the content identifier to the UE through the core IMS. According to the present disclosure, a SIP message is used to obtain media description information, so that a session of the Content on Demand (CoD) service is set up. | 05-13-2010 |
20100296809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE PROTECTION - A method and apparatus for realizing service protection are provided. The method includes the following steps: determining paths corresponding to automatic protection switching (APS)/protection communication channel (PCC) overhead bytes that are available to all nodes in a service protection trail; selecting a path for service protection from the determined paths corresponding to the APS/PCC; and using the selected path for implementing the service protection. Therefore, it is ensured that several service protections using APS/PCC may coexist in an optical transport network (OTN) and different kinds of service protection can be easily distinguished from one another. | 11-25-2010 |
20110055405 | System, method and apparatus for establishing interactive media session based on IP multimedia subsystem - A method and system for establishing an interactive media session based on IP Multimedia Subsystem, including: a terminal adapted to initiate an interactive media session request and receive a media session response; a serving-CSCF adapted to trigger the request to the application server according to a triggering rule and route the message; a proxy-CSCF adapted to forward the request and the response between the terminal and the serving-CSCF; an application server adapted to process the service request; a media control entity adapted to control resource allocation of the media carrier entity; and a media carrier entity adapted to allocate address ports for RTSP connection and RTP connection with the terminal. The present invention can be applied to a NGN network where the carrier and control are separated to improve the media delivery efficiency. | 03-03-2011 |
20110091201 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REALIZING INTERACTION OF OPTICAL CHANNEL DATA UNIT PROTECTION TANGENT RINGS - A method for realizing interaction of optical channel data unit (ODUk) protection tangent rings are provided. A node used for protection of the ODUk and a receiving unit, a sending unit, a protected receiving unit and a protected sending unit on the node are selected. A connection between a receiving service unit and the protected sending unit with the same transmission direction on the node is established, or a connection between a sending service unit and the protected receiving unit with the same transmission direction on the node is established. Two virtual nodes are established on the node if the node is an intersection node, and connections between the receiving service unit and the protected sending unit, and between the sending service unit and the protected receiving unit are established respectively in each direction of both directions through one of the virtual nodes. | 04-21-2011 |
20110201308 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION IN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - A method of authentication in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is provided. After receiving a Register message from a User Equipment (UE), a Proxy-Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) locates a Connection Location Function (CLF) according to information contained in the Register message and a pre-configured corresponding relationship between the information contained in the Register message and the CLF. The P-CSCF obtains a query result by querying the CLF about attachment information of the UE in an access network, and sends the Register message carrying the query result to an Interrogating-Call Session Control Function (I-CSCF). The I-CSCF forwards the Register message carrying the query result to a Service-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF). The S-CSCF authenticates the UE according to an authentication mechanism obtained from a User Profile Service Function (UPSF) or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and sends an authentication result to the UE. | 08-18-2011 |
20120076488 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REALIZING OPTICAL CHANNEL DATA UNIT SHARED PROTECTION RING - A method and a device for realizing an optical channel data unit (ODU) shared protection ring (SPRing) are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: A first ODU of a first service transmitted in an optical line is taken as a protection granularity, where the first ODU is an ODUk that is directly multiplexed to the optical line; the first ODU is monitored, and a monitoring result is obtained; when the monitoring result indicates that a failure occurs, a switching is performed through cross of a second ODU of the first service, where the second ODU is an ODUm that is multiplexed to the first ODU, and m is smaller than or equal to k. Through the embodiments of the present invention, a protection switching speed may be accelerated. | 03-29-2012 |
20120272266 | MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM, CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK DEVICE, AND ADVERTISING SERVER - The present invention discloses a media playback method and system, a CDN device, and an advertising server. The method includes: receiving, by a CDN device, a program playback request sent by a user terminal; if the program playback request carries a user identifier of a user in the CDN device, querying, by the CDN device, a corresponding relation between the user identifier and personalized information according to the user identifier to obtain the personalized information of the user; obtaining, by the CDN device, a link of advertisement content that corresponds to the user from an advertising server, wherein the link of the advertisement content is obtained by the advertising server according to the personalized information of the user and a preset advertisement configuration policy; and sending, by the CDN device or the advertising server, advertisement content corresponding to the link of the advertisement content to the user terminal. | 10-25-2012 |
20130094756 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED ADVERTISEMENT PUSH BASED ON USER INTEREST LEARNING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and a system for personalized advertisement push based on user interest learning. The method may include: obtaining multiple user interest models through multitask sorting learning; extracting an object of interest in a video according to the user interest models; and extracting multiple visual features of the object of interest, and according to the visual features, retrieving related advertising information in an advertisement database. Through the method and the system provided in embodiments of the present invention, a push advertisement may be closely relevant to the content of the video, thereby meeting personalized requirements of a user to a certain extent and achieving personalized advertisement push. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101209 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION AND ASSOCIATION OF OBJECT OF INTEREST IN VIDEO - The present disclosure relates to an image and video processing method, and in particular, to a two-phase-interaction-based extraction and association method for an object of interest in a video. In the method, a user performs coarse positioning interaction by an interactive method which is not limited to a normal manner and has a low requirement for prior knowledge; based on this, a certain extraction algorithm which is fast and easy to implement is adopted to perform multi-parameter extraction on the object of interest. In the method, on the basis of mining video information fully and ensuring user preference, in a manner where the viewing of the user is not affected, associate value-added information with the object which the user is interested in, thereby meeting the user's requirement for deeply knowing and further exploring an attention area. | 04-25-2013 |
20140087714 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for controlling a device is provided. The method includes: a mobile device obtaining device information of a controlled device; the mobile device establishing a connection with the controlled device based on the device information, and inquiring service information of the controlled device via the established connection, the service information including service information regarding device control; the mobile device establishing a device control service connection with the controlled device based on the service information regarding device control; the mobile device generating control information based on user operation, and transmitting the control information to the controlled device via the device control service connection, to control the controlled device based on the control information. The disclosed method can facilitate, for example, device control over a LAN. | 03-27-2014 |
20140094195 | TERMINAL LOCATION OBTAINING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - This provides a terminal location obtaining method, device, and system. The method includes: a first terminal transmitting a location-obtaining request to a second terminal; the second terminal starting a positioning function to obtain the current location information of the second terminal, and transmitting the obtained location information of the second terminal to the first terminal; the first terminal using the location information of the second terminal as the location information of the first terminal, and performing a location-based application operation based on the location information. This can obtain relatively accurate location information of a terminal when the terminal is incapable of determining its own location when location determination is needed. This can also transmit the location information to a corresponding application server to avoid inaccuracy issues with determining a location based on the IP address of a terminal. This can facilitate an accurate location-based push message service. | 04-03-2014 |