TW252260B - An operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system - Google Patents

An operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system

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TW252260B
TW252260B TW83111234A TW83111234A TW252260B TW 252260 B TW252260 B TW 252260B TW 83111234 A TW83111234 A TW 83111234A TW 83111234 A TW83111234 A TW 83111234A TW 252260 B TW252260 B TW 252260B
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programs
program
menus
center
packaging
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TW83111234A
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Chinese (zh)
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John S Hendricks
Richard E Wunderlich
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Discovery Communicat Inc
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The present invention is an operations center that organizes and packages television programs for transmission in a television delivery system. The center is capable of receiving, storing, packaging and delivering countless programs in various signal formats. The center is a particularly useful invention for program delivery systems which will provide subscribers with video on demand, near video on demand and/or the ability to select programs from on-screen menus. The center's primary components are a receiver, system controller, video storage, computer assisted packaging system (CAP) and output equipment. The components can receive, convert, store, select, retrieve, encode and otherwise process multiple program signals, gather program identities of analog and/or digital programs, generate menus, package programs, efficiently based on subscriber needs and the available bandwidth, and output packaged program products to multiple remote sites. To perform these functions, the CAP creates program lineups, menus, instructions on the packaging of programs, and/or allocates available bandwidth. In the preferred embodiment, the packaged program products contain programs, control information, and menus.
TW83111234A 1994-12-02 1994-12-02 An operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system TW252260B (en)

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US08/352,204 US5600573A (en) 1992-12-09 1994-12-02 Operations center with video storage for a television program packaging and delivery system

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