Distributed multimedia retrieval strategies for large scale networked systems

✍ Scribed by Bharadwaj Veeravalli, Gerassimos Barlas (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Series: Multimedia Systems and Applications 29
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Several works on multimedia storage appear in literature today, but very little if any, have been devoted to handling long duration video retrieval, over large scale networks. Distributed retrieval of multimedia documents, especially the long duration documents, is an imperative step in rendering high-quality, high-fidelity, and cost-effective services for network service providers.

Distributed Multimedia Retrieval Strategies for Large Scale Networked Systemspresents an up-to-date research status in the domain of distributed video retrieval. This professional book will include several different techniques that are in place for long duration video retrieval. An experimentally tested technology under the JINI platform, demonstrates a practical working system which serves as a feasibility study, as well as the first step in realizing such a technology.

Distributed Multimedia Retrieval Strategies for Large Scale Networked Systemsis designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This volume is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Distributed Technologies for Multimedia Retrieval Over Networks....Pages 1-28
Multiple Servers Retrieval Strategy : Data Partitioning Approach....Pages 29-53
Supporting Multiple Clients: Channel Partitioning Approach....Pages 55-91
An Alternative Retrieval Strategy: A Play-While-Retrieve Approach....Pages 93-130
Scheduling Over Unreliable Channels....Pages 131-168
Adapting to Network Variability....Pages 169-188
Fault-Tolerance Analysis for Multiple Servers Movie Retrieval Strategy....Pages 189-214
An Agent Driven Practical MSR System: JINI Technology....Pages 215-249
Future Research Directions....Pages 251-255
Back Matter....Pages 257-268

✦ Subjects

Multimedia Information Systems; Information Storage and Retrieval; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Operating Systems