Method and system for providing selective media data in multimedia conference service

Abstract

In a method and system for providing selective media data in a multimedia conference service, a selective media data provision request of a participant who wants to be selectively provided with media data is transmitted to a media server using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and media data selected or converted according to the request to the user are provided, thereby improving user convenience.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A more complete appreciation of the invention, and many of the attendant advantages thereof, will be readily apparent as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference symbols indicate the same or similar components, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a multimedia conference system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating flow of signals between components shown in FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 3 shows an exemplary embodiment of a session initiation protocol (SIP) message which can be used in the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for providing selective media data in a multimedia conference service, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, at a terminal participating in a multimedia conference, a selective media data provision request signal including media option information inputted by a user;selecting, at a media server, media data corresponding to the media option information inputted by the user; andproviding, at the media server, the selected media data to the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving, at an application server, the selective media data provision request signal transmitted from the terminal; andtransmitting the media option information included in the selective media data provision request signal to the media server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the selective media data provision request signal is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the selective media data provision request signal is an Integrated Visual Telecommunication system (INVITE) message.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the media option information is included in the INVITE message in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the media option information is obtained at the application server by parsing the XML included in the INVITE message, and the obtained media option information is transmitted to the media server.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of storing, at the application server, the obtained media option information.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media option information includes at least one of terminal selection information for selecting a specific terminal among terminals participating in the multimedia conference, and media data provision format selection information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the media data corresponding to the media option information is provided by terminals indicated by the terminal selection information.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the media data corresponding to the media option information has a format indicated by the media option information inputted by the user.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the media data corresponding to the media option information is media data having a format indicated by the media data provision format selection information among media data provided by a terminal indicated by the terminal selection information.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of selecting, at the media server, media data corresponding to the media option information of the terminal comprises converting the selected media data to be provided to the terminal into a format indicated by the media data provision format selection information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein when the selected media data provided to the terminal does not include caption data and the media option information of the terminal includes information requesting provision of caption data, the media server extracts caption data from the selected media data and provides the extracted caption data, together with the selected media data, to the terminal.

14. A system for providing selective media data in a multimedia conference service, comprising: a first terminal for generating and transmitting a selective media data provision request signal including media option information corresponding to media data selection settings of the first terminal; anda media server for selecting media data corresponding to the media option information among media data collected from at least one other terminal participating in the same multimedia conference, and for providing the selected media data to the first terminal.

15. The system according to claim 14, further comprising an application server for receiving the selective media data provision request signal from the first terminal, for obtaining the media option information from the selective media data provision request signal, and for providing the obtained media option information to the media server.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the application server stores the obtained media option information.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the first terminal provides a user with an interface for configuring the media data selection settings of the first terminal.

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the selective media data provision request signal is a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Integrated Visual Telecommunication system (INVITE) message, and the media option information is included in the SIP INVITE message in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.

19. The system according to claim 18, further comprising an application server which obtains the media option information by parsing the XML included in the INVITE message, and which transmits the obtained media option information to the media server.

20. The system according to claim 14, wherein the media option information includes at least one of terminal selection information for selecting a specific terminal among terminals participating in the multimedia conference and media data provision format selection information.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the media server converts the selected media data to be provided to the first terminal into a format indicated by the media option information, and provides the converted media data to the first terminal.