Patent ID: 7263490
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing a required data size for storage and transmission of an XML-based description of audio-visual multimedia data content in a multi-media environment, comprising: inputting a textual XML representation; providing a binary identifier (BID) for each specified descriptor (D) and description scheme (DS) contained in a known dictionary, wherein said descriptor (D) is a representation of a feature for a distinctive characteristic of data and wherein said description scheme (DS) specifies the structure and semantics of the relationships between its components, being descriptors (D) and/or description schemes (DS); providing a binary description definition language (DDL); applying the binary identifier (BID) to the textual XML representation; using an MEPG-7 multimedia description standard for the binary description of the audio-visual multimedia data content in the multimedia environment; and generating a resulting binary description of the audio-visual multimedia data content, such that the resulting generated data content has a reduced size for improved storage and transmission relative to the XML textual representation.