DoCoMo and IBM Japan Jointly Research Video Transmission Control Technology

date: September 18, 2001

NTT DoCoMo and IBM Japan announced today that they have jointly realized 3G and future mobile technologies for compiling excerpts ("digests") of video content according to user-specified keywords and then stream the content to the user's mobile phone smoothly and with enhanced stability.

Since concluding a joint research agreement last December, the two companies have been jointly researching multimedia transmission technology for third- and future-generation mobile communications services. Such video services are expected to rapidly proliferate because of the dramatically increased communications speeds offered with advanced third-generation mobile phones.

The system will enable users to search and view highly specific content compiled according to pre-registered keywords. A favorite football star's name could be used, for example, to compile a video digest of scenes showing him making shots on goal, even while the game is still in progress. Users will have the flexibility to compile highly tailored digests based on their specific interests.

The rapid delivery of specific content is a feature that is especially well suited to the needs of mobile communication. Another advantage of the new technologies is the capability to adjust transmissions according to changing conditions, such as temporary reception loss in tunnels, thereby ensuring smooth, continuous transmission and reception.

DoCoMo and IBM Japan plan to introduce their new technologies to international organizations as new standards for the Internet. As part of their ongoing joint research, they are working to adapt the technologies for NTT DoCoMo's 3G mobile service "FOMA" and other various mobile communications services.

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