GB201008838D0 - Method and apparatus for distributing media over a communications network - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for distributing media over a communications network

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GB201008838D0
GB201008838D0 GBGB1008838.3A GB201008838A GB201008838D0 GB 201008838 D0 GB201008838 D0 GB 201008838D0 GB 201008838 A GB201008838 A GB 201008838A GB 201008838 D0 GB201008838 D0 GB 201008838D0
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communications network
media over
distributing media
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/44—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream, rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
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    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6106—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network
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    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
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    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
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PCT/EP2007/064446 WO2009080113A1 (en) 2007-12-21 2007-12-21 Method and apparatus for distributing media over a communications network

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