System and method for interleaved media communication and conversion
A method or system including receiving a first single data stream representing a first multimedia file, the first single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of a plurality of different types of media, and/or transmitting a second single data stream representing a second multimedia file, the second single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements of a plurality of different types of media, where the second multimedia file differs from said first multimedia file by at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from said first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file, and/or by at least one data element of a selected medium added to the first multimedia file being a converted version of the at least one data element of a selected medium extracted from the first multimedia file.
1 . A computer implemented method for communicating a plurality of different types of media over a communication network, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of different types of media by a receiver communicatively coupled to said communication network;
wherein the plurality of different types of media includes at least two of: sound, speech, image, picture, video, text, graphics, animation, data, metadata, control information, and session information;
wherein the plurality of different types of media is received as a single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements;
wherein each of said data elements includes data of one type of medium of said plurality of different types of media; and
enabling a user to select one data element from those data elements received by the receiver before the entire single data stream is received;
accessing the selected one data element directly, without reading any data element preceding the selected one data element; and
providing the selected one data element to the user.
2 . The method for communicating a plurality of different types of media according to claim 1 , further comprising:
enabling a user to select at least one medium type; and
providing to the user those data elements of the selected at least medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream.
3 . The method for communicating a plurality of media according to claim 2 , wherein the data elements of the selected at least one medium type are synchronized.
4 . The method for communicating a plurality of media according to claim 1 , wherein the action of providing the user data elements of the selected at least one medium type comprises:
transmitting the at least one medium type and data elements of the selected at least one medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream to a remote receiver.
5 . A network communication node for communicating a plurality of different types of media over a communication network, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
obtain a plurality of different types of media by a receiver communicatively coupled to said communication network;
wherein the plurality of different types of media includes at least two of: sound, speech, image, picture, video, text, graphics, animation, data, metadata, control information, and session information;
wherein the plurality of different types of media is received as a single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements;
wherein each of said data elements includes data of one type of medium of said plurality of different types of media; and
enable a user to select one data element from those data elements received by the receiver before the entire single data stream is received;
access the selected one data element directly, without reading any data element preceding the selected one data element; and
provide the selected one data element to the user.
6 . The network communication node according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
enable a user to select at least one medium type; and
provide to the user those data elements of the selected at least one medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream.
7 . The network communication node according to claim 6 , wherein the data elements of the selected at least one medium type are synchronized.
8 . The network communication node according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
provide the user data elements of the selected at least one medium type comprises; and
transmit the at least one medium type and data elements of the selected at least one medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream to a remote receiver.
9 . A computer program product embodied on a nontransitory computer readable medium, including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a plurality of different types of media by a receiver communicatively coupled to said communication network;
wherein the plurality of different types of media includes at least two of: sound, speech, image, picture, video, text, graphics, animation, data, metadata, control information, and session information;
wherein the plurality of different types of media is received as a single data stream including an interleaved sequence of data elements;
wherein each of said data elements includes data of one type of medium of said plurality of different types of media; and
enabling a user to select one data element from those data elements received by the receiver before the entire single data stream is received;
accessing the selected one data element directly, without reading any data element preceding the selected one data element; and
providing the selected one data element to the user.
10 . The computer program product according to claim 9 , further comprising:
enabling a user to select at least one medium type; and
providing to the user those data elements of the selected at least one medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream.
11 . The computer program product according to claim 10 , wherein the data elements of the selected at least one medium type are synchronized.
12 . The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the action of providing the user data elements of the selected at least one medium type comprises:
transmitting the at least one medium type and data elements of the selected at least one medium type that follow the selected data element in the data stream to a remote receiver.
13 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text.
14 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text, graphics, and animation.
15 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text, graphics, and animation, data, metadata, control information, and session information.
16 . The network communication node of claim 5 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text.
17 . The network communication node of claim 5 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text, graphics, and animation.
18 . The network communication node of claim 5 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text, graphics, and animation, data, metadata, control information, and session information.
19 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text.
20 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the different types of media include sound, speech, image, picture, video, and text, graphics, and animation.