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Multimedia information providing method and apparatus

US7260108B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 2002
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/64707
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Media for videophone communication, media for communication navigation, media for i-mode packet communication, and media for handling video data as streaming data are linked to a server so that the server can receive data from the media of each type. A user of data of different types of communication specifications performs communication by using an information terminal (e.g., in a vehicle) so as to simultaneously capture data of the different types from the server. The server converts the data of the different types into data in accordance with a single (e.g., H.323 or H.324) communication protocol, and adds codes to each type of data. The type of data is re-divided depending on a predetermined data amount for each data item, and numbers are sequentially added to the divided data segments. The divided data segments are rearranged and transmitted. The user performs a reverse process to restore the original data for use as an output.

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