AU3929300A - A program scheduler for an interactive information distribution system - Google Patents

A program scheduler for an interactive information distribution system

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Publication number
AU3929300A
AU3929300A AU39293/00A AU3929300A AU3929300A AU 3929300 A AU3929300 A AU 3929300A AU 39293/00 A AU39293/00 A AU 39293/00A AU 3929300 A AU3929300 A AU 3929300A AU 3929300 A AU3929300 A AU 3929300A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
distribution system
information distribution
interactive information
program scheduler
scheduler
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
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AU39293/00A
Inventor
Christopher W. B. Goode
Tobie J. Larocca
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Diva Systems Corp
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Diva Systems Corp
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Application filed by Diva Systems Corp filed Critical Diva Systems Corp
Publication of AU3929300A publication Critical patent/AU3929300A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/231—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/21—Server components or server architectures
    • H04N21/222—Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end
    • H04N21/2221—Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end being a cable television head-end
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • H04N21/25883—Management of end-user data being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47202—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
AU39293/00A 1999-04-01 2000-03-30 A program scheduler for an interactive information distribution system Abandoned AU3929300A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US12733399P 1999-04-01 1999-04-01
US60127333 1999-04-01
US53817600A 2000-03-30 2000-03-30
US09538176 2000-03-30
PCT/US2000/008349 WO2000060482A1 (en) 1999-04-01 2000-03-30 A program scheduler for an interactive information distribution system

Publications (1)

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AU3929300A true AU3929300A (en) 2000-10-23

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Country Status (4)

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AU (1) AU3929300A (en)
CA (1) CA2368820A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2364151B (en)
WO (1) WO2000060482A1 (en)

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US7934232B1 (en) 2000-05-04 2011-04-26 Jerding Dean F Navigation paradigm for access to television services
JP2002344405A (en) * 2001-03-16 2002-11-29 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Data broadcasting schedule system, its apparatus, method, record medium or program
US8161388B2 (en) 2004-01-21 2012-04-17 Rodriguez Arturo A Interactive discovery of display device characteristics
EP1835741A1 (en) * 2006-03-13 2007-09-19 Axilia SA A method of streaming video data, server apparatus and client apparatus therefor

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JPH09179820A (en) * 1995-12-26 1997-07-11 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Load distributing system and its method
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WO2000060482A1 (en) 2000-10-12
WO2000060482A9 (en) 2002-04-04
CA2368820A1 (en) 2000-10-12
GB2364151B (en) 2003-10-01
GB2364151A (en) 2002-01-16
GB0123373D0 (en) 2001-11-21

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase