EP1205074A4 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-CHANNEL TELEVISION CONTENT ON A SINGLE-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION LINK - Google Patents

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-CHANNEL TELEVISION CONTENT ON A SINGLE-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION LINK

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Publication number
EP1205074A4
EP1205074A4 EP00955613A EP00955613A EP1205074A4 EP 1205074 A4 EP1205074 A4 EP 1205074A4 EP 00955613 A EP00955613 A EP 00955613A EP 00955613 A EP00955613 A EP 00955613A EP 1205074 A4 EP1205074 A4 EP 1205074A4
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Prior art keywords
video
video program
spooler
program
network
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German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
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EP1205074A1 (en
Inventor
Peter H Lawrence
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Georgia Tech Research Institute
Georgia Tech Research Corp
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Georgia Tech Research Institute
Georgia Tech Research Corp
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Publication of EP1205074A1 publication Critical patent/EP1205074A1/en
Publication of EP1205074A4 publication Critical patent/EP1205074A4/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • 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
    • H04N21/262—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
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    • H04N21/2625—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 delaying content or additional data distribution, e.g. because of an extended sport event
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    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4331—Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
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    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
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    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/43622—Interfacing an external recording device
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    • 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
    • H04N21/47214—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 content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • 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 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6106—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6125—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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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    • H04N7/17327—Transmission or handling of upstream communications with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications

Definitions

  • Satellite is currently the most prolific means of distributing digital television, and it has been quite successful in accomplishing this task due to, among other reasons, ease of use. continually lowering service costs, and large bandwidth. Satellite also allows a user to receive channels that only carry audio. Therefore, a user can choose from several types of music, much like a radio station but without commercials. There have also been attempts to utilize satellite for delivering broadband Internet.
  • the television 26 comprises a television guide and/or selection feature that allows a user to select a program for viewing.
  • the selection of programs offered to the customer may include both live and stored programs.
  • a converter, or decoder box (not shown) may be logically connected to the television 26 for purposes of allowing a user to select a program for viewing. Functionality of the multi-channel viewing system 100 is provided with reference to FIGS. 3-6 hereinbelow.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Social Psychology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
EP00955613A 1999-08-16 2000-08-16 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-CHANNEL TELEVISION CONTENT ON A SINGLE-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION LINK Withdrawn EP1205074A4 (en)

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US14906599P 1999-08-16 1999-08-16
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US63871900A 2000-08-14 2000-08-14
US638719 2000-08-14
PCT/US2000/022524 WO2001013636A1 (en) 1999-08-16 2000-08-16 System and method for providing multi-channel television content over a single-channel communication link

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EP1205074A4 true EP1205074A4 (en) 2005-10-26

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JP (1) JP2003507942A (es)
CN (1) CN1160963C (es)
AU (1) AU6778700A (es)
BR (1) BR0013382A (es)
CA (1) CA2382062A1 (es)
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EP0493099A2 (en) * 1990-12-21 1992-07-01 Gte Laboratories Incorporated System for transferring television programs
EP0702492A1 (en) * 1994-09-15 1996-03-20 Nortel Networks Corporation Interactive video system
WO1997004583A2 (de) * 1995-07-18 1997-02-06 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren zur übertragung von atm-digitalsignalen einer programmeinheit, insbesondere von digitalen datenkomprimierten video-verteilsignalen
WO1997012486A1 (en) * 1995-09-29 1997-04-03 Boston Technology, Inc. Multimedia architecture for interactive advertising
US5923361A (en) * 1996-05-03 1999-07-13 Lucent Technologies Inc. Multiple subscriber video-on-demand system

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CN1375165A (zh) 2002-10-16
BR0013382A (pt) 2002-05-07
IL148178A0 (en) 2002-09-12
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CA2382062A1 (en) 2001-02-22
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