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Method and arrangement for transmitting an interactive audiovisual program
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-10
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Granted: 1999-02-23
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Expires: 2015-10-10
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed are a method and arrangement for accessing interactive audiovisual programs stored on a remote server (1) by a multimedia station (2). The audiovisual program is stored in the same format as it is stored on a CDi disc, i.e. in the form of sectors. Although based on the same data compression technology, the CDi video coding standard does not comply with the MPEG coding specification. Moreover, MPEG does not cover the handling of specific CDi features. In order to allow conventional CDi decoders to access remotely stored CDi applications via interactive networks (3,4), the interactive audiovisual program is transmitted as a private MPEG2 data stream, using the concept of MPEG's transport stream. The multimedia station comprises a network interface (7) having a circuit (72) which assembles the transport packets and applies the signal sectorwise to a "stripped" CDi player (5,6).
Inventors
- 👤 Cornelis M. Huizer
- 👤 Peter B. Kaars
- 👤 Balthasar A.G. Van Luijt
- 👤 Frank Bosveld
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:06
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/434; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/105; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B27/3063; H04N19/00; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/236; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17336; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; G11B2220/25; G11B2220/2537; G11B2220/2545
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for delivering CDi multimedia data from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, comprising the steps of: mapping the CDi multimedia data into an MPEG transport stream to produce a CDi transmission stream; and, transmitting the CDi transmission stream from the first location to the second location via a transmission channel, wherein the CDi multimedia data includes a plurality of sectors of CDi multimedia data and the MPEG transport stream includes a multiplicity of transport packets, and the mapping step comprises the sub-step of mapping each sector of CDi multimedia data into a prescribed number of transport packets.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for delivering CDi multimedia data from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, comprising the steps of: mapping the CDi multimedia data into an MPEG transport stream to produce a CDi transmission stream; and, transmitting the CDi transmission stream from the first location to the second location via a transmission channel, wherein the CDi multimedia data includes a plurality of sectors of CDi multimedia data and the MPEG transport stream includes a multiplicity of transport packets, and the mapping step comprises the sub-step of mapping each sector of CDi multimedia data into a prescribed number of transport packets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first location comprises a data distribution node in a data communications network, and the second location comprises a CDi decoder interfaced to the data communications network.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method as set forth in claim 2, wherein the data distribution node comprises a data server.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the mapping step comprises the further sub-step of inserting control packets between successive series of transport packets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the control packets comprise MPEG transport packets having a PID which is different from the PID of the transport packets which carry the sectors of CDi multimedia data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the transport packets comprise transport packets of a private data stream within the MPEG transport stream.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A network CDi playback device, comprising: a CDi decoder, and, a network interface which interfaces the CDi decoder with network transmission channel which links the network CDi playback device with a remotely-located CDi multimedia data sever, wherein the network interface comprises: a sector assembly circuit which receives transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; and, a control circuit for selectively applying each sector of CDi multimedia program data to the CDi decoder for decoding and reproduction.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
93 words
A network CDi playback device, comprising: a CDi decoder, and, a network interface which interfaces the CDi decoder with network transmission channel which links the network CDi playback device with a remotely-located CDi multimedia data sever, wherein the network interface comprises: a sector assembly circuit which receives transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; and, a control circuit for selectively applying each sector of CDi multimedia program data to the CDi decoder for decoding and reproduction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
203 words
The network CDi playback device as set forth in claim 7, wherein the network interface comprises: an MPEG demultiplexer which receives an MPEG transport stream via the network transmission channel and demultiplexes the MPEG transport stream in such a manner as to transmit transport stream data packets via a first path and transport stream control packets via a second path; a sector assembly circuit which receives the transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; a switch which selectively couples the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder; a control packet decoder which receives the transport stream control packets; a control circuit for issuing a stop command to the server when a last one of a requested series of transport stream data packet is being processed; and, a control interface circuit which opens the switch in response to detection of the stop command in order to uncouple the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder, and which closes the switch in response to detection of a transport stream control packet by the control packet decoder in order to recouple the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The network CDi playback device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the network Cdi playback device does not require a disk deck in order to reproduce CDi multimedia data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A signal which is comprised of an MPEG transport stream which includes a multiplicity of transport data packets, wherein the transport data packets comprise CDi multmedia program material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A signal which is comprised of an MPEG transport stream which includes a multiplicity of transport data packets, wherein the transport data packets comprise CDi multmedia program material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The signal as set forth in claim 10, wherein the transport data packets comprise private data stream transport packets.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
The signal as set forth in claim 10, wherein: the CDi multmedia program material includes a plurality of sectors of multimedia data; and, each sector of CDi multmedia program material is mapped into a prescribed number of transport data packets.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
The signal as set forth in claim 12, wherein the signal further includes control packets inserted between successive series of transport data packets to facilitate decoding of the CDi multmedia program material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The signal as set forth in claim 13, wherein the transport data packets each have a first PID and the control packets each have a second PID.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
88 words
A multimedia station, comprising: a CDi decoder; and, network interface which interfaces the CDi decoder with a network transmission channel which links the multimedia station with remotely-located CDi multimedia data server, wherein the network interface comprises: a sector assembly circuit which receives transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; and, a control circuit for selectively applying each sector of CDi multimedia program data to the CDi decoder for decoding and reproduction.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
88 words
A multimedia station, comprising: a CDi decoder; and, network interface which interfaces the CDi decoder with a network transmission channel which links the multimedia station with remotely-located CDi multimedia data server, wherein the network interface comprises: a sector assembly circuit which receives transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; and, a control circuit for selectively applying each sector of CDi multimedia program data to the CDi decoder for decoding and reproduction.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
201 words
The multimedia station as set forth in claim 15, wherein the network interface comprises: an MPEG demultiplexer which receives an MPEG transport stream via the network transmission channel and demultiplexes the MPEG transport stream in such a manner as to transmit transport stream data packets via a first path and transport stream control packets via a second path; a sector assembly circuit which receives the transport stream data packets and collects a prescribed number of successive transport stream data packets corresponding to a sector of CDi multimedia program data; a switch which selectively couples the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder; a control packet decoder which receives the transport stream control packets; a control circuit for issuing a stop command to the server when a last one of a requested series of transport stream data packet is being processed; and, a control interface circuit which opens the switch in response to detection of the stop command in order to uncouple the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder, and which closes the switch in response to detection of a transport stream control packet by the control packet decoder in order to recouple the sector assembly circuit and the CDi decoder.
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