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`NORITAKA IGUCHI
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`2015-1682T
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`Claims 1—9 have been cancelled. Claims 14—16 have been added. Claims 10—16 are
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`Claim 1 has been cancelled. Therefore, the rejection to claim 1 under 35 USC § 112 has
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre—AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction
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`of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the
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`prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under
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`either status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is
`not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention
`and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the
`effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the
`claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere C0,, 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459
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`(1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness under 35
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`U.S.C.103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents ofthe prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence present in the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`Claims 10-16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Takahashi et
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`al. (Hereafter, ”Takahashi”) [US 2014/0137168 A1] in view of Park et al. (Hereafter, ”Park”)
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`[US 2012/0023254 A1] in further view of Kim et al. (Hereafter, ”Kim”) [US 2010/0272190 A1].
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`In regards to claim 10, Takahashi discloses a transmitting method ([0044] a control
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`method for a transmitting apparatus) comprising: generating an encoded stream including first
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`contents and at least one second content ([0044] a control method for a transmitting
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`apparatus which encodes a plurality of pieces of content corresponding to the same playback
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`duration and which transmits a piece of content which is selected as a playback subject
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`among the encoded pieces of content to a playback apparatus); generating control
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`information which corresponds to Media Presentation Description defined in an MPEG—DASH
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`standard ([0078] The description information analyzer 12 obtains content description
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`information which includes, in each playback duration period (period) of the content,
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`information indicating resources that can be requested to the server 2, and selects a
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`representation as a playback subject in accordance with the obtained description
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`information. More specifically, the description information analyzer 12 receives MPD data
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`from the server 2 as description information and determines a representation as a playback
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`subject. [0088] As stated above, the segment data 27 is data obtained by encoding content
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`that can be provided to the client 1 in accordance with predetermined encoding conditions
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`and by dividing the content at intervals of predetermined playback duration periods.) and
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`which includes: first identifiers to identify respective first contents; at least one second
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`identifier to identify the at least one second content ([0018] Upon receiving this request, the
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`server sends the requested segment data to the client. The segment data is divided into a
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`plurality of IP packets, and the IP packets are sequentially sent to the client. The time
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`required to finish sending the segment data from the start time varies in accordance with, for
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`example, the traffic of a network which connects the client and the server.); level identifiers
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`to identify first referenced contents to decode the at least one second content, the first
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`referenced contents being included in the first contents ([0019] The client starts receiving the
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`segment data, and upon receiving the segment data after the lapse of the minimum buffer
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`time necessary for starting stream playback (minBufferTime) described in the MPD data, that
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`is, six seconds in the example shown in FIG. 17, the client starts playing back the segment
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`data. [0020] Upon the completion of receiving "Sample-div1.ts", the client makes a request to
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`send "Sample-div2.ts", which is the subsequent data. In response to this request, the server
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`sends data "Sample-div2.ts" to the client. The client then plays back this received segment
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`data after finishing playing back "Sample-div1.ts".); time information to reproduce the first
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`contents and the at least one second content ([0103] In FIG. 5, time t0 is a time at which the
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`generation of MPD data is started. At time t0, in order to start generating MPD data, the
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`server controller 26 instructs the description information generator 25 to generate
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`description information by the use of predetermined distribution parameters. Upon receiving
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`an instruction to generate description information, the description information generator 25
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`generates description information on the basis of specified distribution parameters (the
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`number of representations, distribution start time, playback duration of segments, playback
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`duration period of sub segments, minimum buffer time, and so on). In order to implement
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`adaptive streaming in the client, the server controller 26 controls the distribution parameters
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`so that a plurality of sub segments may be included in the minimum buffer time. For
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`example, in the data configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the minimum buffer time is set to
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`be six seconds, and the playback duration period of sub segments is set to be two seconds.
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`The description information generator 25 immediately generates MPD data and stores it in
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`the server storage unit 22.); and reconstruction data for reconstructing the encoded stream
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`([0108] At time t1, in order to start live encoding of segment data, the server controller 26
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`instructs the encoder 23 to start encoding with predetermined distribution parameters. The
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`encoder 23 starts encoding on the basis of specified distribution parameters (codec, bit rate,
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`image size, playback duration of segments, playback duration period of sub segments, and so
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`on). The distribution parameters are supplied to the encoder 23 for each representation.
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`[0109] Upon receiving content, the encoder 23 encodes items of segment data at the same
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`time in parallel with a plurality of distribution parameters. Since there are two
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`representations in the example shown in FIG. 2, the encoder 23 encodes two items of
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`segment data at the same time in parallel.); and transmitting the encoded stream and the
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`control information from a communication server to a client device ([0077] The client
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`communication unit 11 sends a request to send segment data or a sub segment which forms a
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`representation selected by the description information analyzer 12 to the server 2, and
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`obtains segment data or a sub segment. The client communication unit 11 also obtains index
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`information requested by the index information analyzer 14. It is assumed that the client
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`communication unit 11 sends a request by using an HTTP. [0083] The server communication
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`unit 21 sends the description information 29 to the client 1 in response to a request to send
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`description information from the client 1. More specifically, the server communication unit
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`21 reads the description information 29 stored in the server storage unit 22 and sends it to
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`the client 1. In this case, MPD data is used as the description information 29, as stated above.
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`[0084] Similarly, in response to a request to send the segment data 27 or a request to send
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`the index information 28 from the client 1, the server communication unit 21 reads the
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`segment data 27 or the index information 28 stored in the server storage unit 22 and sends
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`the segment data 27 or the index information 28 to the client 1.).
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`Park discloses a transmitting method ([Title] Method and Apparatus for Providing
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`Multimedia Streaming Service) comprising: generating an encoded stream including first
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`contents and at least one second content ([0021] The segment includes at least one fragment,
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`segment index information indicating the position of the at least one fragment in the
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`segment, and fragment index information indicating the position of each of a plurality of
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`samples included in the at least one fragment.); generating control information which
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`corresponds to Media Presentation Description defined in an MPEG—DASH standard ([0005]
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`When the client initially accesses the server, the server transmits a serviceable content list
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`and a Media Presentation Description (MPD) for media content to the client. The MPD
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`describes information required for the client to receive the media content, such as the type of
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`the media content, the average bit rate of the media content, and the Uniform Resource
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`Identifiers (URls) or Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of content Segments covering a time
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`unit. The client repeatedly requests necessary content based on the MPD. [0078] The present
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`invention can be used in HTTP streaming, the standardization of which is being developed by
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`the MPEG-Dynamic Adaptive HTTP Streaming (DASH) and 3.sup.rd Generation Partnership
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`Project (3GPP). The MPEG-DASH and 3GPP defines an MPD for HTTP streaming. An HTTP
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`streaming client may index one or more Periods, Representations, and Segments based on
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`the MPD of media content, as illustrated in FIG. 10.) and which includes: first identifiers to
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`identify respective first contents; at least one second identifier to identify the at least one
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`second content ([0120] If ranges(s), a type, and duration(s) are defined according to temporal
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`levels or a frame type, switching is possible without sidx(s), using ranges(s) with the highest
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`priority (e.g. type="0"; I frame) and their duration(s). [0126] In the presence of Priorities (e.g.
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`type="0, 1, .
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`. , N") and ranges --according to temporal levels of a hierarchical prediction
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`structure in Segmentlnfo of an MPD, a client transmits an HTTP partial request only for a
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`high-priority range and plays it back.); level identifiers to identify first referenced contents to
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`decode the at least one second content, the first referenced contents being included in the first
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`contents ([0131] When a Segment has the configuration illustrated in FIG. 11, each moof
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`includes frames with different temporal levels (e.g. I, P and B frames). When a Trick and
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`Random Access (TRA) situation occurs upon user request, only a specific sample group (e.g.
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`subfragments) such as an I frame group) in each moof is played back. To support this
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`operation, index information enabling access to a certain group of samples in the moofs
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`needs to be added. [0133] Table 3 illustrates a syntax that describes an sidx_extension-based
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`method, according to the present invention. [0134] Parameters in Table 3 have the following
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`meanings. [0135] contains_level: a flag bit indicating whether subfragmentwise index
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`information is included; and [0136] assemble_type: an indicator indicating a media sample
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`arrangement method of each moof. [0138] level_count: the total number of levels in a
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`fragment; [0139] level: defines each level. A lower value indicates a higher priority; [0140]
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`level_offset: position information of each level; [0141] offset_count: an offset count to
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`support samplewise access, when needed; [0142] offset: the position of a sample; [0143] size:
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`the size of a sample; [0144] reserved_bit: a reserved bit for extension. [0145] The above
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`sidx_extension enables a user to directly access a sample group having a specific level and
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`thus a trick mode, Picture in Picture (PIP), and rate adaptation to a network environment can
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`be more effectively supported.); time information to reproduce the first contents and the at
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`least one second content ([Table 2] decoding time); and reconstruction data for reconstructing
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`the encoded stream ([0049] A stream is reconstructed to have the same NAL Reference Index
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`(NRI) value, for example, using an NRI field in the MPEG-4/AVC NACL header and the NRI
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`value and range information about the stream is written in an MPD.); and transmitting the
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`encoded stream and the control information from a communication server to a client device
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`([0021] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a
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`multimedia streaming service, in which a server transmits a Media Presentation Description
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`(MPD) including information about media data to a client, receives from the client a partial
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`request message requesting a part of media data having a range based on a range defined in
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`the MPD, and transmits to the client a segment having the range in response to the partial
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`request message. The segment includes at least one fragment, segment index information
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`indicating the position of the at least one fragment in the segment, and fragment index
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`information indicating the position of each of a plurality of samples included in the at least
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`one fragment.)
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`Further, Park discloses that the scalable video coding is a known method in the
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`transmission method using DASH.
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`Kim discloses a transmitting method ([0001] a scalable transmitting/receiving
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`apparatus and method for improving availability of a broadcasting service) comprising:
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`generating an encoded stream ([0052] The MUX 114 packetizes the base-layer video stream,
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`the enhancement video stream and the audio stream output from the encoders 112 and 113
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`into respective PES packets 210. Thereafter, the MUX 114 packetizes the PES packets 210 into
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`TS packets 220. One PES packet is packetized into one or more TS packets.) including first
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`contents and at least one second content ([0051-0053 and Fig. 2] the TS packet consists of
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`either a base-layer video or an enhancement layer video); generating control information
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`([0062-0063] FIG. 4 is a view for explaining specification information of a PMT applied to the
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`present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a PID type includes Ple respectively representing a
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`PMT packet, a base-layer video packet, an enhancement-layer video packet (PID-PMT,
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`PlD_video_base layer, PlD_video_enhancement layer and PlD_audio). Respective PID values
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`thereof are ‘100‘, ‘200‘, ‘201‘ and ‘202‘) which-eerrespends—te—M-edia—P—resen-tat—ien—Deseript—ien
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`defined—in-a-M-P-EG-DASH—sta-nda-Fd and which includes: first identifiers to identify respective
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`first contents ([0053] an audio TS packet, a base-layer video TS packet and an enhancement-
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`layer video TS packet each having different Ple); at least one second identifier to identify the
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`at least one second content ([0053] an audio TS packet, a base-layer video TS packet and an
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`enhancement-layer video TS packet each having different Ple); level identifiers to identify
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`first referenced contents to decode the at least one second content, the first referenced
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`contents being included in the first contents ([0058 and 0060] the packet streams are
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`identified as first layer (lebase layer) and second layer (L2:enhancement-layer) [0051 and
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`Fig. 4] The MUX 114 of FIG. 1 packetizes and multiplexes program specification information,
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`i.e., a stream map, a compressed and encoded SVC video stream, i.e., a base-layer video
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`stream and an enhancement-layer video stream, and an audio stream, thereby generating an
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`MPEG-2 TS. Different program identifications (Ple) are allocated to a video stream
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`corresponding to a base layer, a video stream corresponding to an enhancement layer, and
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`an audio stream.);
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`' and transmitting the
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`encoded stream ([0053] That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the TS generated at the MUX 114 includes
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`an audio TS packet, a base-layer video TS packet and an enhancement-layer video TS packet
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`each having different Ple. The program specification information is included in a header of
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`the TS packet.) and the control information ([0062-0063] FIG. 4 is a view for explaining
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`specification information of a PMT applied to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a PID
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`type includes Ple respectively representing a PMT packet, a base-layer video packet, an
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`enhancement-layer video packet (PID-PMT, PlD_video_base layer, PlD_video_enhancement
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`layer and PlD_audio). Respective PID values thereof are ‘100‘, ‘200‘, ‘201‘ and ‘202‘) from-a
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi with the teachings of Park in
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`order to improve system efficiency in the multimedia streaming service. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi and Park with the explicit teachings of scalable
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`video coding transmission as taught by Kim in order to improve the quality of the satellite
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`broadcasting service.
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`In regards to claim 11, the limitations of claim 10 have been addressed. Takahashi
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`discloses wherein each content of the first contents and the at least one second content is a
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`video content ([0010] For example, if, for a certain piece of video content, multiple
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`representations with different codecs, bit rates, frame rates, and resolutions are described, a
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`client selects a representation with a codec, bit rate, frame rate, and resolution which match
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`the playback performance of a device of the client.) or an audio content.
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`In regards to claim 12, the limitations of claim 10 have been addressed. Takahashi fails
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`to explicitly disclose wherein the first contents are independently decodable.
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`Park discloses wherein the first contents are independently decodable ([0120] If
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`ranges(s), a type, and duration(s) are defined according to temporal levels or a frame type,
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`switching is possible without sidx(s), using ranges(s) with the highest priority (e.g. type="0"; I
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`frame) and their duration(s). [0126] In the presence of Priorities (e.g. type="0, 1, .
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`. , N") and
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`ranges --according to temporal levels of a hierarchical prediction structure in Segmentlnfo of
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`an MPD, a client transmits an HTTP partial request only for a high-priority range and plays it
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`back. [0131] When a Segment has the configuration illustrated in FIG. 11, each moof includes
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`frames with different temporal levels (e.g. I, P and B frames). When a Trick and Random
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`Access (TRA) situation occurs upon user request, only a specific sample group (e.g.
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`subfragments) such as an I frame group) in each moof is played back. To support this
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`operation, index information enabling access to a certain group of samples in the moofs
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`needs to be added.).
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`Kim discloses wherein the first contents are independently decodable ([0032] The base
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`layer corresponds to a compression result of an SD resolution image compatible to the H.264
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`Advanced Video Coding (AVC) standard, and the enhancement layer corresponds to a result
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`of compression and encoding performed by referencing an input HD resolution image and an
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`encoding result of the base layer according to the H.264 SVC standard. If only a base-layer
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`video stream is decoded, an SD image may be restored, and if an enhancement-layer video
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`stream is decoded together with the base-layer video stream, an HD image may be restored.).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi with the teachings of Park in
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`order to improve system efficiency in the multimedia streaming service. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi and Park with the explicit teachings of scalable
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`video coding transmission as taught by Kim in order to improve the quality of the satellite
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`broadcasting service.
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`In regards to claim 13, the limitations of claim 10 have been addressed. Takahashi
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`discloses wherein the reconstructing data includes time offset information ([0108] At time t1,
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`in order to start live encoding of segment data, the server controller 26 instructs the encoder
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`23 to start encoding with predetermined distribution parameters. The encoder 23 starts
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`encoding on the basis of specified distribution parameters (codec, bit rate, image size,
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`playback duration of segments, playback duration period of sub segments, and so on). The
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`distribution parameters are supplied to the encoder 23 for each representation. [0109] Upon
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`receiving content, the encoder 23 encodes items of segment data at the same time in parallel
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`with a plurality of distribution parameters. Since there are two representations in the
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`example shown in FIG. 2, the encoder 23 encodes two items of segment data at the same
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`time in parallel.).
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`In regards to claim 14, the limitations of claim 10 have been addressed. Takahashi
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`discloses wherein the reconstruction data indicates a change in the first contents and the at
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`least one second content ([0109] Upon receiving content, the encoder 23 encodes items of
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`segment data at the same time in parallel with a plurality of distribution parameters. Since
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`there are two representations in the example shown in FIG. 2, the encoder 23 encodes two
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`items of segment data at the same time in parallel.).
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`In regards to claim 15, the limitations of claim 14 have been addressed. Takahashi
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`discloses wherein the reconstruction data indicates removal of at least one content ([0005]
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`Accordingly, by describing multiple representations with different bit rates in the MPD data,
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`the client may select a representation with a bit rate which matches, for example, a
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`communication condition or the playback performance of a device of the client, obtain a
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`resource specified by the selected representation, and play back the resource. [0015]
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`Accordingly, when using this MPD data, the client may select one of a representation with
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`MPEGZ-TS having a bandwidth "1024000" and a representation with MPEGZ-TS having a
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`bandwidth "102400". Since the content of these representations is the same video content,
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`the client may select the first representation if a sufficient bandwidth is available and the
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`client wishes to obtain high quality video, and may select the second representation if a
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`sufficient bandwidth is not available. Note that, in the example shown in part (b) of FIG. 17, a
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`case in which MPEGZ-TS is used as segment data is shown, but, in DASH, MP4 may be used as
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`segment data.).
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`Park discloses wherein the reconstruction data indicates removal of at least one content
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`([0049] A stream is reconstructed to have the same NAL Reference Index (NRI) value, for
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`example, using an NRI field in the MPEG-4/AVC NACL header and the NRI value and range
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`information about the stream is written in an MPD.).
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`Kim discloses wherein the reconstruction data indicates removal of at least one content
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`([0032] The base layer corresponds to a compression result of an SD resolution image
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`compatible to the H.264 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) standard, and the enhancement layer
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`corresponds to a result of compression and encoding performed by referencing an input HD
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`resolution image and an encoding result of the base layer according to the H.264 SVC
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`standard. If only a base-layer video stream is decoded, an SD image may be restored, and if
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`an enhancement-layer video stream is decoded together with the base-layer video stream, an
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`HD image may be restored.).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing
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`date of the claimed invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi with the teachings of Park in
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`order to improve system efficiency in the multimedia streaming service. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention to modify the teachings of Takahashi and Park with the explicit teachings of scalable
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`video coding transmission as taught by Kim in order to improve the quality of the satellite
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`broadcasting service.
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`In regards to claim 16, the limitations of claim 10 have been addressed. Takahashi
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`discloses wherein the reconstruction data is different from information for decoding the first
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`contents and the at least one second content ([0108] At time t1, in order to start live encoding
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`of segment data, the server controller 26 instructs the encoder 23 to start encoding with
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`predetermined distribution parameters. The encoder 23 starts encoding on the basis of
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`specified distribution parameters (codec, bit rate, image size, playback duration of segments,
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`playback duration period of sub segments, and so on). The distribution parameters are
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`supplied to the encoder 23 for each representation. [0109] Upon receiving content, the
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`encoder 23 encodes items of segment data at the same time in parallel with a plurality of
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`distribution parameters. Since there are two representations in the example shown in FIG. 2,
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`the encoder 23 encodes two items of segment data at the same time in parallel.).
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