Patent ID: 6615252
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a multimedia information service system wherein multimedia applications each comprising plural kinds of materials and a scenario which describes how each material plays its role in each multimedia application are supplied by a source device in an input format associated with the source device and used by a plurality of consuming devices associated with different formats, a server for serving one of said (multimedia) applications in a format with which a requesting one of the consuming devices can deal with respect to materials of a certain kind among the plural kinds, the server comprising:means, responsive to a reception of a new application from said source device, for converting an input format of said certain kind of materials of said new application into all of said target formats associated with said input format; means, responsive to said reception and operative on a scenario of said new application, for preparing scenarios, adapted to all of said target formats, of said new application, said adaptation including time scale adjustment; and means responsive to a request for said one of said applications for serving said requesting one of said consuming devices with at least a scenario of said one of said applications which scenario has been adapted to said format with which said requesting one of said consuming devices can deal.