Method and apparatus including system architecture for multimedia communications
US6356945B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/33357
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system architecture for multimedia communications comprises a bandwidth controller for continuously moderating the run-time status and/or condition changes of the telecommunications network and dynamically adjusting the corresponding bandwidth requirement for accommodating the change of status or condition prior to transmitting the video and/or audio information. The system further includes a reconfiguration memory for standardizing and re configuring the video and/or audio information according to a selective internal file format which is universally compatible with any coding algorithms received from, or supplied to the telecommunications network, the reconfiguration memory performing scalable internal data reformatting among incompatibly received or transmitted video and/or audio information.
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