@INPROCEEDINGS{Lemlouma03c,
   AUTHOR = {Tayeb Lemlouma and Nabil Laya\"ida},
   TITLE = {Encoding Multimedia Presentation for User Preferences and Limited Environments},
   BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)},
   PUBLISHER = {IEEE Computer Society},
   PAGES = {165-168},
   MONTH = JUL,
   YEAR = 2003,
   URL = {http://wam.inrialpes.fr/publications/2003/icme2003/ICME2003.pdf},
   ABSTRACT = {This paper discusses a new approach of generating TV-like
    multimedia presentations that are adapted to the target user preferences
    and to limited devices. Three main points are discussed: 1) The encoding of
    video presentations from a SMIL specification 2) The adaptation of the
    video content based on the user preferences, and 3) The delivery of
    adapted multimedia presentations. The used architecture includes a
    content server, an adaptation proxy and a set of small devices in the
    form of personal device assistants (PDA). These devices request the
    content through a wireless network. In order to show how the system
    behaves regarding the user preferences and capabilities, two negotiation
    dimensions are considered: the user language and the memory capability of
    the device. The first dimension is used to generate a content that can be
    understood by the target user, e.g. a video with subtitles written in the
    preferred language. The second dimension is chosen to solve the problem
    of the system blocking that usually happens when limited devices access
    rich multimedia presentations over the network.}
}