Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an image distribution (Dopt) for a light field data structure, which method comprises obtaining a plurality of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) from a plurality of image sources (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), performing image analysis on each image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) of the plurality of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) to determine whether a specified criterion is satisfied by the content of that image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn), and identifying a group (12) of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) whose contents satisfy the specified criterion. The image group (12) is compared to each reference image distribution (D1, D2, . . . , Dm) of a set of predefined reference image distributions (D1, D2, . . . , Dm,) to select an optimal image distribution (Dopt), wherein a reference image distribution (D1, D2, . . . , Dm) comprises a predefined arrangement of I-images and P-images of the light field data structure. Each image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) of the plurality of images (F1, F2, . . .

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and system for copyright protection in video applications. In particular, the invention is concerned with preventing tampering of or destroying digital watermarking information contained in video images transmitted over error prone networks such as mobile transmission networks. To this end, a robust digital watermark method and system is proposed which protects watermarking by processing an original watermarked video stream (32) having an initial watermarking information and generating (34) at least two separate video streams, where the first stream includes video content information and the second stream includes watermarking information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining an image distribution (Dopt) for a light field data structure, which method comprises obtaining a plurality of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) from a plurality of image sources (C1, C2, . . . , Cn), performing image analysis on each image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) of the plurality of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) to determine whether a specified criterion is satisfied by the content of that image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn), and identifying a group (12) of images (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) whose contents satisfy the specified criterion. The image group (12) is compared to each reference image distribution (D1, D2, . . . , Dm) of a set of predefined reference image distributions (D1, D2, . . . , Dm,) to select an optimal image distribution (Dopt), wherein a reference image distribution (D1, D2, . . . , Dm) comprises a predefined arrangement of I-images and P-images of the light field data structure. Each image (F1, F2, . . . , Fn) of the plurality of images (F1, F2, . . .

Abstract: In a packet transmission system, an importance level is assigned by a transmitter to transmitted packets. The transmitted packets contain one or more importance levels of those packets transmitted previously, so that a receiver can recover the importance level associated with a lost packet from a received packet. The receiver decides whether to send a retransmission request relating to the lost packet based on the importance level of the lost packet.

Abstract: A transmitter uses an adaptive forward error control scheme that includes redundant packets to reduce packet error rate at a receiver. The receiver analyzes the received packet error rate before correction to determine an optimal level of redundancy required to respect a maximum tolerated packet error rate after correction, and communicates this determined optimal level to the transmitter for controlling the amount of redundancy in subsequent transmissions from the transmitter.

Abstract: The invention proposes a content streaming service with the options of, a) streaming a content from a server to a terminal of a user, b) interrupting the streaming session, c) resuming an interrupted streaming session from the same terminal or from another terminal belonging to that user. According to the invention, users are registered in a database. The last Random Access Point (RAP) of the interrupted streaming content is stored in the database together with the user identification data.

Abstract: The invention applies to packet transmission networks. It proposes an adaptive forward error control scheme implemented at the application level, allowing to respect a maximum tolerated packet error rate. According to the invention, the amount of redundancy is adapted so as to offer a correction capability allowing to respect said maximum tolerated packet error rate. Advantageously, the maximum tolerated packet error rate is set by the application.

Abstract: The invention relates to the transmission of data packets across a network that may introduce errors leading to packet losses, and across which the packets have a variable transit time. The invention comprises discriminating the losses due to congestion, losses due to transmission errors and to stopping at least certain requests for retransmission of packets in case of congestion.

Abstract: The invention proposes a mechanism for retransmitting packets which comprises a step for checking at the transmitter whether the retransmitted packet will be received by the receiver in time to be processed. To this end, the receiver sends in its retransmission request the processing time indication of the packet being processed at the receiver when the request is transmitted. At the transmitter end, this processing time indication is compared with the processing time indication of the packet to be retransmitted so as to authorize or block its retransmission.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for transmitting sequences of packets (RTP) from a server (10) to a mobile terminal (30). The terminal has a buffer (BM) for storing the packets received for a time referred to as the buffer traverse time, which has a minimum fixed value (TT).

Abstract: The invention proposes a mechanism for retransmitting packets which comprises a step for checking at the transmitter whether the retransmitted packet will be received by the receiver in time to be processed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packet transmission system in which: