174 results about "Digital Living Network Alliance" patented technology

A method for sharing content using a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of creating a DLNA VPN (Virtual Private Network) between an inside-home DLNA network and at least one outside-home DLNA device, and delivering content from an inside-home DLNA device connected to the inside-home DLNA network to an outside-home DLNA device contained in the DLNA VPN in response to a request for content from the outside-home DLNA device. The method further allows continuous sharing of content, even if IP addresses of devices connected to the DLNA VPN are changed, by managing dynamic IP addresses of the devices connected to the DLNA VPN using an external network management server. Thus, the method allows outside-home DLNA devices to freely share content using a DLNA network. The method also allows various contents to be processed on a mobile terminal regardless of a storage space and processing capability of the mobile terminal.

A network gateway includes a first port being coupled to an external network connection; a web server module being coupled to the first port for serving web pages to a remote user through the external network connection; a digital living network alliance (DLNA) controller being coupled to the web server module; and a second port being coupled to the digital living network alliance (DLNA) controller and a digital living network alliance (DLNA) compatible internal network; wherein the digital living network alliance (DLNA) controller is for controlling a digital living network alliance (DLNA) compatible peripheral device being coupled to the network gateway utilizing the second port according to commands received from the remote user.

A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system and method transform multimedia contents in a manner adaptive to the available data processing capability of the digital media renderer (DMR) of the DLNA network. A digital media server (DMS) and a digital media renderer (DMR) are discovered. A list of contents provided by the DMS is obtained. Information on a transport protocol and a data format of the DMR is obtained. Information on available data processing capability of the DMR is obtained. The transport protocol and the data format of the DMS are matched to those of the DMR. Transcoding and transrating schemes of the DMS are adjusted based on the available data processing capability of the DMR. A connection between the DMS and the DMR is established, and content stored in the DMS is transmitted to the DMR.

Disclosed is a system and a method for managing applications installed in home network devices (HNDs) providing services on an open service gateway initiative (OSGi) framework. In the system, a mobile hand-held device (MHD) including a display unit is defined as the subject of application management between a plurality of HNDs and an application server for storing applications of the HNDs. Service frameworks existing in a plurality of HNDs including vehicle devices are based on OSGi, and interoperation between the MHD and the HNDs depends on a digital living network alliance (DLNA) standard.

Disclosed is a method for controlling a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device in a DLNA network, the method including the steps of: discovering the DLNA device performing communication with a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol based format in the DLNA network; converting description provided from the discovered DLNA device into a web-message in order to create a DLNA device list within a corresponding network where the discovered DLNA device is positioned as a web-page; creating the DLNA device list as the web-page, based on the converted web-message, and displaying the DLNA device list; selecting a certain DLNA device from the displayed DLNA device list, and executing / controlling content of the selected DLNA device.

The invention discloses a screen sharing method and system for DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) terminals in a home network. The screen sharing method comprises the following steps: a MRCP (Media Renderer Control Point) obtains metadata information of a media item which is played by a DMP (Digital Media Player), and sends the metadata information to a designated DMR (Digital Media Renderer) of a user to perform capability matching; after the DMR successfully completes capability matching, the MRCP obtains the playing position of the DMP; and the MRCP allows the DMR to jump to the playing position for playing the media item. By adopting the method and system, sharing of a playing screen and playing characteristics among different DLNA terminals can be realized so as to provide user experience.

A control point includes a communication interface to search for one or more image forming apparatuses using digital living network alliance (DLNA), a user interface unit through which at least one piece of content is selected for printing using a user interface of the control point, and through which an image forming apparatus is selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses to perform printing, a DLNA stack unit to set a connection policy regarding connection to the selected image forming apparatus, and to selectively control the DLNA connection status to the selected image forming apparatus according to the connection policy, and a controller to control the communication interface to transmit print data corresponding to the selected content-for-printing and the connection policy to the selected image forming apparatus.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of multimedia playing, and provides a file playing method and system based on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) and driving and driven DLNA equipment. The method comprises the following steps that the driven DLNA equipment sends an information request for obtaining a multi-media file playing by the driving DLNA equipment to the driving DLNA equipment; the driven DLNA equipment receives the information of the multi-media file returned by the driving DLNA equipment according to the request, and the information of the multi-media file comprises the memory address of the multi-media file; and the driven DLNA equipment plays the multi-media file according to the memory address in the information of the multi-media file. The method uses the driven DLNA equipment to obtain the information of the multi-media file playing by the other driving DLNA equipment, so that the content playing by the other driving DLNA equipment is transferred to other DLNA equipment to be continuously played, users can watch the content that the users want to watch at any time, and the user experience is enhanced.

The invention relates to a system and a method for achieving synchronized broadcast and control of media files in multiple intelligent terminals. The system comprises a master control terminal and a plurality of controlled terminals connected with the master control terminal. The master control terminal comprises a digital media service module and a digital media control module, wherein the digital media service module is used for storing the media files needing synchronized broadcast, and the digital media control module is used for controlling the controlled terminals to synchronously broadcast the media files stored in the digital media service module or the selected media files in the controlled terminals. Each controlled terminal comprises a digital media present module for synchronously broadcasting the selected media files under the control of the digital media control module. By means of the system and the method for achieving synchronized broadcast and control of the media files in multiple intelligent terminals, synchronized broadcast in multiple terminals can be achieved without additionally arranging hardware resources based on digital living network alliance (DLDA) interconnection and interworking technical specifications, and synchronous control functions such as pause, stop, relocation, voice regulation and the like can be achieved. Therefore, the system and the method for achieving synchronized broadcast and control of the media files in multiple intelligent terminals are wide in application range.

A media server is hosted in a service provider's network so that media content can be stored from or rendered to a private network such as a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network. Media content may be stored directly by accessing the media server or by downloading the media content to the media server. A server platform may support a set of media servers, where each media server is connected to a corresponding DLNA network. A multicast group may be established among the set of media servers so that media content may be shared with members of the multicast group. Media content may be aggregated for media content for the multicast group based on content characteristics, where the content characteristics are indicative of media content that can be shared with members of the multicast group.

A media server is hosted in a service provider's network so that media content can be stored from or rendered to a private network such as a Digital Living Network Alliance network. Media content may be stored by accessing the media server or by downloading the media content to the media server. Support of set top boxes interacting with voice-on-demand (VOD) controllers and computers interacting with IP-based video content servers are integrated through the media server. Consequently, VOD assets can be played on IP-based devices and IP-based content can be played on set top boxes. A gateway function converts IP-based content to a VOD asset, and renders the VOD asset to a set top box while mapping digital rights management information for the VOD asset. Conversely, the gateway function may convert a VOD asset to IP-based content that can be played on an IP-based device.

The invention provides a method for performing inter-home digital living network alliance (DLNA) equipment discovery between a local home and an opposite end home. The method comprises the following steps that: a simple service discovery protocol (SDDP) proxy in the opposite end home performs uniform resource locator (URL) rewriting on a retrieval response transmitted from the home DLNA equipmentbased on a universally unique identifier (UUID) of the home DLNA equipment after transmitting the received equipment retrieval multi-cast messages to the home DLNA equipment in the opposite end home in a multi-cast manner, and then transmits the retrieval response which is subjected to URL rewriting to the home DLNA equipment in the local home in a unicast manner, wherein during the URL rewriting, the internet protocol (IP) address and the port number of the URL in the retrieval response are rewritten to be the IP address of a Web proxy server and the port number of a monitored port in a gateway of the local home respectively; and the path part of the URL in the retrieval response is rewritten to be the UUID of the home DLNA equipment in the opposite end home.

The invention discloses a method and system for sharing streaming media resources, and a device with a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) function. The method comprises the steps that: a main device with the DLNA function and at least one auxiliary device with the DLNA function form a local area network; the main device obtains and decodes streaming media resources from a streaming media content server; and the main device plays the decoded streaming media resources and shares and transmits the decoded streaming media resources to the auxiliary device in the local area network. According to the invention, real-time information sharing is carried out on the streaming media resources.

The invention discloses a local area network based method for realizing resource sharing and control for multiple equipment, aiming to realize seamless resource sharing and mutual operations for multiple pieces of equipment within the range of the local area network (such as a family local area network and an office local area network). In order to achieve the aim, the technical scheme provided by the invention is realized in such a way that with respect to all the pieces of equipment in the range of the local area network, the discovery, connection, control and resource sharing among all the pieces of equipment in a wired / wireless network environment are realized through enabling UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) / DLAN (Digital Living Network Alliance) functions and standards.

The embodiment of the invention provides a multi-screen interaction method and device, and terminal equipment. The multi-screen interaction method comprises the following steps: determining whether a current to-be-shared interface is a media interface or not, if yes, adopting a digital living network alliance way to carry out multi-screen sharing with the terminal equipment, and if no, adopting a mirroring way to carry out multi-screen sharing with the terminal equipment. The multi-screen interaction method and the multi-screen interaction device, and the terminal equipment achieve the purpose that a current playing scene can be determined, and the digital living network way or the mirroring way is adopted to carry out the multi-screen sharing with the terminal equipment in an adaptive mode.

The invention relates to the field of digital televisions and in particular relates to a multi-screen interaction-based interactive system and method. The system comprises a display side and a client side, wherein the display side comprises display equipment and a multi-screen interactive product; the client side comprises a multi-screen sharing device APK interface unit; the display side and the client side synchronously display multimedia content through the multi-screen interactive product; and the working modes of the client side and the display side comprise a digital living network alliance mode and a mirroring mode which are switched through hardware or software. Aiming at the complexity of work mode setting and mode switching operation in the prior art, the invention provides an operating interface, so that switching operation is simplified and humanized and fool-style operation is permitted. The operation of the multi-screen interactive product, the display side and the client side are integrated, so experience of different users is met and the experience degree of clients is increased.

A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network that stores, in real time, data, such as motion pictures, still images, audio sounds, etc., collected from outside of the home into a storage device located, preferably, in the home. In particular, a data collecting device requests a device search through the home network, receiving an acknowledgement from a storage device, requests device information from the storage device, receives the device information from the storage device, configures a storage path of the data collecting device using the device information, and stores data it collects into the storage device using the storage path. It is accordingly possible to allow the user to conveniently play back the data collected by the handheld device using the household appliances without additional manipulation for transferring the collected data, despite the limited storage capacity of the handheld device.

A system and method for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system is disclosed that provides data service of a digital broadcast. The DLNA system includes a digital media server for providing information about a broadcast A / V and data so as to handle a request for the data when a digital broadcast is requested, the digital media server receiving the digital broadcast and dividing the received digital broadcast into a broadcast A / V part and a data part so as to download the broadcast A / V part and the data part, respectively, and a digital media player for requesting the digital media server to transmit information about the digital broadcast, and to transmit data after receiving information about the broadcast A / V part and the data part from the digital media server, and for receiving and carrying out the requested data.

Disclosed embodiments allow media players and other electronic devices that operate under a first protocol to control the media capture devices that operate with a second protocol which may not be configurable to communicate with the first protocol. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a network device may store and / or render content within a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network and / or assist in content delivery for a DLNA device on a network. In another embodiment of the disclosure, a media capture device uses the Internet Protocol.

A media server is hosted in a service provider's network so that media content can be stored from or rendered to a private network such as a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network. Media content may be stored directly by accessing the media server or by downloading the media content to the media server. The media server may support discovery of media content in a local DLNA network, media content fulfillment from a service provider network, and content delivery for a device on the DLNA network. The media server may further route regional traffic to the DLNA network from a media source such as a video on demand (VOD) server or an Internet media server.

The invention is suitable for the field of multimedia application, and provides a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)-based digital family interaction method and system and corresponding device. The DLNA-based digital family interaction method comprises the steps that: a mobile device establishes a connection with a media terminal through a DLNA protocol to obtain media transmission protocol information supported by the media terminal; the mobile device establishes a connection with a CDN (Content Distribution Network) cloud end to obtain on-demand information to ensure that the CDN cloud end distributes a matched DLNA cloud end CDN server according to the on-demand information and transmits the corresponding media transmission protocol information to the mobile device; and the media terminal device obtains media transmission protocol information of the matched DLNA cloud end CDN server and establishes a connection with the DLNA cloud end CDN server to obtain media data and play the media data. The method, system and corresponding device disclosed by the invention can be used for realizing multi-screen interaction between the media terminal and the mobile terminal, can be realized on the whole internet without customizing software on the media terminal, and is wide in use range.

An apparatus, system, and method may include a universal plug and play or digital living network alliance (UPnP / DLNA) device, a support server, and a mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to discover the UPnP / DLNA device of a UPnP or DLNA network by using a UPnP / DLNA protocol. The mobile device may further be configured to receive, using the UPnP / DLNA protocol, status-related data corresponding to the UPnP / DLNA device. The mobile device may also be configured to transmit the status-related data to the support server via a wide area network (WAN) or a wireless wide area network (WWAN) to facilitate support of the UPnP / DLNA device based on the status-related data.

The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for data transmission based on a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) network that classifies contents files which are stored in a DMS according to a support of the DLNA network to make a contents list. Support is provided to convert a file attribute of a selected file into a file attribute which can be applied to the DLNA network to generate, in case a user selects a non-supported file which is not applied to the DLNA network. The invention outputs the selected file to a display unit, captures the outputted image to convert into a file which can be applied to the DLNA network.

A method and system are provided for securely storing and retrieving live off-disk media programs. Events delineate media segments, each of which are encrypted with a different key so as to be streamable to a remote device via digital living network alliance (DLNA) or HTTP live streaming protocols. Media segments and identifiers for managing the storage and retrieval of such media segments are compatible with live streaming data structures, obviating the need to re-encrypt data streams.

An embodiment of the invention discloses a method, equipment and a system for accessing cloud storage equipment on the basis of a DLNA (digital living network alliance) technology. The method includes that a cloud storage control module accesses file information stored in the cloud storage equipment after receiving a request of a scanning module, and transmits the acquired file information to the scanning module; the scanning module pushes new file metadata to a DMS (digital media server), a DMC (digital media controller) browses and selects media files on the DMS and informs DMRs (digital media receivers) to be connected with the DMS, the DMS receives playing requests transmitted from the DMRs via connection, and the media files are acquired from the cloud storage equipment via the cloud storage control module, are transmitted to the DMRs and are played by the DMRs. The method, the equipment and the system have the advantage that media resources of the cloud storage equipment can be shared by the equipment on the basis of the DLNA technology.

A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system and method of providing content therein are provided. A legacy media player displays a content list for content stored in the legacy media player or in an add-in server, and when a content item is selected from the list, the legacy media player determines whether the content item is reproducible by a registered digital media renderer. If the selected content item is reproducible by the registered digital media renderer, the legacy media player transmits a reproducing request for the selected content item, and the corresponding digital media renderer receives and reproduces the selected content.

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of communications and provides a notification and acquisition method, device and system for the address information change in digital living network alliance (DLNA). The notification method comprises the following steps of: detecting whether own address information is changed or not; and when the condition that the own address information is changed is detected, transmitting an address change notification message to client equipment in the DLNA, wherein the address change notification message comprises equipment identification information and updated equipment address information. Thus, server-side equipment is not required for transmitting two messages, i.e. logout and re-login, a user interface (UI) is not required for being refreshed, the no address change perception and no business interruption of the server-side equipment for users are realized, and the user experience is improved when the address of a server side in the DLNA is changed.

The invention provides a file sharing method and a handheld device. The file sharing method comprises a first step that after the handheld device enters a digital living network alliance (DLNA) network, a DLNA module collects usable information about DLNA devices which are in a connected mode in the DLNA network, and forms a DLNA device shortcut list; a second step that a shared file is dragged to a target DLNA device icon in the DLNA device shortcut list which comprises at least one DLNA device icon; a third step that the DLNA module matches the type of a target DLNA device and the type of the shared file; and a fourth step that if match is successful, the handheld device enables the target DLNA device to process the shared file. The file sharing method and the handheld device can quickly achieve sharing of files, and are easy to operate and high in accuracy.

A method for updating contents of a Digital Media Server (DMS) in a digital living network alliance system (DLNA) is dislcosed. An update process is performed through a periodic update event in a Digital Media Player (DMP) that receives all content information of the DMS. Upon determining that information loss has occurred in the update process, the DMP sends to the DMS a request for information about a list of items possessed by the DMS. The DMP receives the requested information about the list of items and compares the received information about the list of items with information about pre-stored items to obtain a comparison result. When a difference occurs as the comparison result, all information about contents of the DMS is obtained through a browse action. When the difference does not occur as the comparison result, the update process is continuously performed.

An image forming apparatus is provided, which includes a communication interface (CI) to search at least one connectable control point (CP), an event management unit to set event notification information for the CP found by the search, and if an event occurs in the image forming apparatus, to select the CP to receive a notification of the event based on the event notification information, a storage unit to store the set event notification information, and a digital living network alliance (DLNA) stack to control the CI so that the event is notified to the selected CP.