A component-based framework for the internet content adaptation domain

The tremendous growth of the Internet has introduced a number of interoperability problems for distributed multimedia applications. These problems are related to the heterogeneity of client devices, network connectivity, content formats, and user’s preferences. The challenge is even bigger for multimedia content providers who are faced with the dilemma of finding the combination of different variants of a content to create, store, and send to their subscribers that maximize their satisfaction and hence entice them to come back. In this chapter, the authors will present a framework for trans-coding multimedia streams using an orchestration of Webservices. The framework takes into consideration the profile of communicating devices, network connectivity, exchanged content formats, context description, users’ preferences, and available adaptation services to find a chain of adaptation services that should be applied to the content to make it more satisfactory to clients. The framework was implemented as a core component for an architecture that supports personal and service mobility.

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Multimedia Content Adaptation

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch362 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 2051-2057

Author(s):

David Knight ◽

Marios C. Angelides

Keyword(s):

Wireless Communications ◽

World Wide ◽

Multimedia Content ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Adaptation ◽

The World ◽

Previous Decade ◽

Multimedia Access ◽

Multimedia Content Adaptation ◽

State Of Affairs

The previous decade has witnessed a wealth of advancements and trends in the field of communications and subsequently, multimedia access. Four main developments from the last few years have opened up the prospect for ubiquitous multimedia consumption: wireless communications and mobility, standardised multimedia content, interactive versus passive consumption and the Internet and the World Wide Web. While individual and isolated developments have produced modest boosts to this existing state of affairs, their combination and cross-fertilisation have resulted in today’s complex but exciting landscape. In particular, we are beginning to see delivery of all types of data for all types of users in all types of conditions (Pereira & Burnett, 2003).

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Content adaptation framework: bringing the Internet to information appliances

Seamless Interconnection for Universal Services. Global Telecommunications Conference. GLOBECOM'99. (Cat. No.99CH37042) ◽

10.1109/glocom.1999.827560 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R. Mohan ◽

J.R. Smith ◽

Chung-Sheng Li

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Content Adaptation ◽

Information Appliances

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Content Adaptation During Distribution over the Internet

Encyclopedia of Multimedia ◽

10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_638 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 91-91

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Content Adaptation

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On the Use of Web Services in Content Adaptation

Services and Business Computing Solutions with XML ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-330-2.ch008 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 121-135

Author(s):

Khalil El-Khatib ◽

Gregor v. Bochmann ◽

Abdulmotaleb El-Saddik

Keyword(s):

Web Services ◽

Network Connectivity ◽

Multimedia Applications ◽

Multimedia Content ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Adaptation ◽

Core Component ◽

Multimedia Streams ◽

To Come ◽

A Chain

The tremendous growth of the Internet has introduced a number of interoperability problems for distributed multimedia applications. These problems are related to the heterogeneity of client devices, network connectivity, content formats, and user’s preferences. The challenge is even bigger for multimedia content providers who are faced with the dilemma of finding the combination of different variants of a content to create, store, and send to their subscribers that maximize their satisfaction and hence entice them to come back. In this chapter, the authors will present a framework for trans-coding multimedia streams using an orchestration of Web-services. The framework takes into consideration the profile of communicating devices, network connectivity, exchanged content formats, context description, users’ preferences, and available adaptation services to find a chain of adaptation services that should be applied to the content to make it more satisfactory to clients. The framework was implemented as a core component for an architecture that supports personal and service mobility.

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Multimedia Content Adaptation

Multimedia Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-953-3.ch009 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 85-93

Author(s):

D. Knight ◽

Marios C. Angelides

Keyword(s):

Wireless Communications ◽

World Wide ◽

Multimedia Content ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Adaptation ◽

The World ◽

Previous Decade ◽

Multimedia Access ◽

Multimedia Content Adaptation ◽

State Of Affairs

The previous decade has witnessed a wealth of advancements and trends in the field of communications and subsequently, multimedia access. Four main developments from the last few years have opened up the prospect for ubiquitous multimedia consumption: wireless communications and mobility, standardised multimedia content, interactive versus passive consumption and the Internet and the World Wide Web. While individual and isolated developments have produced modest boosts to this existing state of affairs, their combination and cross-fertilisation have resulted in today’s complex but exciting landscape. In particular, we are beginning to see delivery of all types of data for all types of users in all types of conditions (Pereira & Burnett, 2003).

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Displacement and Reinforcement Effects of the Internet and Other Media as Sources of Advertising Information

Journal of Advertising Research ◽

10.1017/s0021849904040073 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 126-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

JAMES C. TSAO ◽

STANLEY D. SIBLEY

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Advertising Information

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A hitchhiker’s guide to microscopy and microanalysis using telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100169687 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 390-391 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nestor J. Zaluzec

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Information Superhighway ◽

The World ◽

Exchange Information ◽

On Line ◽

Computer Based ◽

Software And Hardware ◽

Communication Software ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

E Mail

The Information SuperHighway, Email, The Internet, FTP, BBS, Modems, : all buzz words which are becoming more and more routine in our daily life. Confusing terminology? Hopefully it won't be in a few minutes, all you need is to have a handle on a few basic concepts and terms and you will be on-line with the rest of the "telecommunication experts". These terms all refer to some type or aspect of tools associated with a range of computer-based communication software and hardware. They are in fact far less complex than the instruments we use on a day to day basis as microscopist's and microanalyst's. The key is for each of us to know what each is and how to make use of the wealth of information which they can make available to us for the asking. Basically all of these items relate to mechanisms and protocols by which we as scientists can easily exchange information rapidly and efficiently to colleagues in the office down the hall, or half-way around the world using computers and various communications media. The purpose of this tutorial/paper is to outline and demonstrate the basic ideas of some of the major information systems available to all of us today. For the sake of simplicity we will break this presentation down into two distinct (but as we shall see later connected) areas: telecommunications over conventional phone lines, and telecommunications by computer networks. Live tutorial/demonstrations of both procedures will be presented in the Computer Workshop/Software Exchange during the course of the meeting.

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