Method and apparatus for providing extensible scalable transcoding of multimedia content
US7383347B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hierarchical gateway system for use in a message delivery system is disclosed, in which each tier of gateways in the hierarchy includes means for transforming incoming messages in a manner required by downstream end-user devices. The hierarchical gateway system has the advantage of being scalable and extensible while avoiding transmission bottlenecks as the number of end-user device types, and their differing system requirements, increase. The invention is operable in the context of a notification server architecture, as well as the Web.
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