EP 1656623 A4 20061018 - MASKING FOR PRESENTING DIFFERING DISPLAY FORMATS FOR MEDIA STREAMS
Title (en)
MASKING FOR PRESENTING DIFFERING DISPLAY FORMATS FOR MEDIA STREAMS
Title (de)
MASKIERUNG FÜR DIE PRÄSENTATION VERSCHIEDENER ANZEIGEFORMATE FÜR MEDIA-STRÖME
Title (fr)
MASQUAGE POUR LA PRESENTATION DE FORMATS D'AFFICHAGE DIFFERENTS POUR DES FLUX MULTIMEDIA
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2004022847 W 20040714
- US 48836703 P 20030715
- US 65549603 A 20030903
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2005009024A2] The invention provides a method and system capable of displaying media streams in a variety of formats on a screen that is dynamically adjustable to conform to displaying the media format that is the object of the media stream. Specifically, the invention allows the viewable area of a display screen (143) to be dynamically resized using masks (161) and sidebars (163), thus the resulting viewable area is optimized for the media stream. A database (110) includes metadata (113) for media presentations. When a user (190) selects a presentation to view, a server (130) associated with the user (190) queries the database (110) for metadata (113) associated with the presentation. The metadata (113) includes aspect ratio and other information for the presentation and sends a response to the server (130) that includes the metadata (113). A portion of the metadata (113) returned to the server (130) is used by a mask controller (160) to appropriately format the display screen (143) on which the user (190) will view the presentation.
IPC 8 full level
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/46 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01)
IPC 8 main group level
H04N (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04N 7/0122 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/234363 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/45455 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] JP H05137090 A 19930601 - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
- [X] JP H07281293 A 19951027 - MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
- [Y] US 2003107676 A1 20030612 - JANG MIN SEOK [KR]
- [Y] US 2002118299 A1 20020829 - KAHN MICHAEL [US]
- [A] US 5410415 A 19950425 - PARULSKI KENNETH A [US], et al
- See references of WO 2005009024A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2005009024 A2 20050127; WO 2005009024 A3 20050414; EP 1656623 A2 20060517; EP 1656623 A4 20061018
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2004022847 W 20040714; EP 04778385 A 20040714