IP Library Granted Patent US 7,953,829
Granted Patent B2
US 7,953,829 · App. 12/366,342 · Granted May 31, 2011

System and method for quality of service (QoS) parameter change

Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
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Patent No.
US 7,953,829
App. No.
12/366,342
Granted
May 31, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for redirecting or duplicating a media flow to one or more alternative media presentation devices and providing updated quality of service parameters to the application server providing the media flow. The user of a mobile communication device can manually initiate the media flow change or the user can configure the media flow change to automatically transfer based on the proximity of the mobile communication device to the alternative media presentation device. If desired, the media flow can be reverted to the mobile communication device. A media flow can also be divided, such as by audio and video to different alternative media presentation devices.

Claims (36)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with a computer program for a system for communicating quality of service parameters between a network repository and an application server, the system comprising:

a quality of service interface component for selecting an alternative media presentation device;

a quality of service push component for instructing the application server to direct a media flow to the alternative media presentation device;

a quality of service configuration component for configuring and storing the alternative media presentation device quality of service parameters;

a communication device registration component for registering previously configured alternative media presentation devices;

a quality of service negotiation component for negotiating one or more acceptable quality of service parameters between the application server and the alternative media presentation device; and

a media streaming component for changing the media flow to meet the negotiated one or more acceptable quality of service parameters.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service interface component provides for selecting multiple alternative media presentation devices.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service interface component provides for selecting different alternative media presentation devices for at least one of an audio or video component of the media flow.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service push component provides for a user manually initiating the media flow to the alternative media presentation device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service push component provides for a user configuring an automatic initiation of the media flow to the alternative media presentation device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service configuration component provides for grouping alternative media presentation device configurations based on local area network membership.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service configuration component provides for configuring proximity information between a mobile communication device and the alternative media presentation device to trigger media flow to the alternative media presentation device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device registration component provides for specifying an availability schedule for the alternative media presentation device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device registration component provides for validating a user's authorization to access the alternative media presentation device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the quality of service negotiating component determines a highest available quality of service parameters based on a communication path between the application server and the alternative media presentation device.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the media streaming component provides independent streams of different quality of service parameters to different alternative media presentation devices.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the media streaming component divides the media flow into an audio component and a video component and provides the divided components to different alternative media presentation devices.

13. A method, stored in a memory and executing on a processor in a device, for communicating quality of service parameters between a network repository and an application server, the system comprising:

configuring the network repository with alternative media presentation device quality of service parameters;

selecting an alternative media presentation device from a mobile communication device;

registering the alternative media presentation device with the application server;

negotiating one or more quality of service parameters between the application server and the alternative media presentation device; and

streaming a media flow from the application server to the alternative media presentation device.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, creating groups of alternative media presentation devices based on membership in a local area network.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, denying selection of a particular alternative media presentation device based on an alternative media presentation device unavailability.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, automatically selecting the alternative media presentation device based on proximity of the mobile communication device to the alternative media presentation device.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, sending audio and video components of the media flow to different alternative media presentation devices.

18. A system for communicating quality of service parameters between a network repository and an application server, the system comprising:

means for selecting an alternative media presentation device, wherein the means for selecting instructs the application server to direct a media flow to the alternative media presentation device;

means for configuring and storing the alternative media presentation device quality of service parameters;

means for registering previously configured alternative media presentation devices;

means for negotiating one or more acceptable quality of service parameters between the application server and the alternative media presentation device; and

means for changing the media flow to meet the negotiated one or more acceptable quality of service parameters.

19. The system of claim 18 , further comprising, means for dividing the media flow between two or more alternative media presentation devices.

20. The system of claim 18 , further comprising, means for validating authorization for access to the selected alternative media presentation devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2009
From: DOWLATKHAH, SANGAR; KHAJAVI, AFSANEH; SATER, MELANIE JANE
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
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Continuity (1)
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