AU2001232959A1 - Bandwidth management techniques for delivery of interactive program guide - Google Patents

Bandwidth management techniques for delivery of interactive program guide

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AU2001232959A1
AU2001232959A1 AU2001232959A AU3295901A AU2001232959A1 AU 2001232959 A1 AU2001232959 A1 AU 2001232959A1 AU 2001232959 A AU2001232959 A AU 2001232959A AU 3295901 A AU3295901 A AU 3295901A AU 2001232959 A1 AU2001232959 A1 AU 2001232959A1
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delivery
program guide
interactive program
bandwidth management
management techniques
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Sadik Bayrakeri
John P. Comito
Jeremy S. Edmonds
Eugene Gershtein
Donald F. Gordon
Alfred Li
Edward A. Ludvig
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Diva Systems Corp
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Diva Systems Corp
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    • H04N21/262—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists
    • H04N21/26208—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists the scheduling operation being performed under constraints
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    • H04N21/262—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists
    • H04N21/26283—Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic program guide data
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    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
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    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
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    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
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    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/65—Transmission of management data between client and server
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    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
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