RU2005128299A - SYSTEM FOR CAPTURE AND SELECT PLAYBACK OF BROADCAST PROGRAMS - Google Patents

SYSTEM FOR CAPTURE AND SELECT PLAYBACK OF BROADCAST PROGRAMS Download PDF

Info

Publication number
RU2005128299A
RU2005128299A RU2005128299/09A RU2005128299A RU2005128299A RU 2005128299 A RU2005128299 A RU 2005128299A RU 2005128299/09 A RU2005128299/09 A RU 2005128299/09A RU 2005128299 A RU2005128299 A RU 2005128299A RU 2005128299 A RU2005128299 A RU 2005128299A
Authority
RU
Russia
Prior art keywords
program
subscriber
service information
data
programs
Prior art date
Application number
RU2005128299/09A
Other languages
Russian (ru)
Other versions
RU2328087C2 (en
Inventor
Брайан ПАКСТОН (GB)
Брайан ПАКСТОН
Доминик Эндрю РОБИНСОН (GB)
Доминик Эндрю РОБИНСОН
Original Assignee
ВИДЕО НЕТВОРКС АйПи ХОЛДИНГС ЛИМИТЕД (BM)
ВИДЕО НЕТВОРКС АйПи ХОЛДИНГС ЛИМИТЕД
Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from GBGB0303176.2A external-priority patent/GB0303176D0/en
Application filed by ВИДЕО НЕТВОРКС АйПи ХОЛДИНГС ЛИМИТЕД (BM), ВИДЕО НЕТВОРКС АйПи ХОЛДИНГС ЛИМИТЕД filed Critical ВИДЕО НЕТВОРКС АйПи ХОЛДИНГС ЛИМИТЕД (BM)
Publication of RU2005128299A publication Critical patent/RU2005128299A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of RU2328087C2 publication Critical patent/RU2328087C2/en

Links

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
    • H04N21/23109—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/91—Television signal processing therefor
    • H04N5/93—Regeneration of the television signal or of selected parts thereof
    • 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
    • H04N21/2225—Local VOD servers
    • 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
    • H04N21/23106—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion involving caching operations
    • 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
    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/23418—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics
    • 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
    • H04N21/234—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/23424—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
    • 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
    • H04N21/236—Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/2362—Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
    • 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]
    • H04N21/20—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
    • H04N21/25891—Management of end-user data being end-user preferences
    • 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
    • H04N21/266—Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
    • H04N21/26603—Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel for automatically generating descriptors from content, e.g. when it is not made available by its provider, using content analysis techniques
    • 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
    • H04N21/266—Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
    • H04N21/2668—Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles
    • 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
    • H04N21/27—Server based end-user applications
    • H04N21/274—Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request, e.g. network recorder
    • H04N21/2747—Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • H04N21/432—Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • H04N21/433—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
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • H04N21/434—Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/4348—Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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 or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
    • H04N21/44016—Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
    • 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
    • H04N21/45—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
    • H04N21/458—Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations
    • H04N21/4586—Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/47214—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
    • 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
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • 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]
    • H04N21/60—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
    • H04N21/658—Transmission by the client directed to the server
    • H04N21/6587—Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
    • 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]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
    • 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]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/83—Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
    • H04N21/84—Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
    • 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]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • 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
    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Channel Selection Circuits, Automatic Tuning Circuits (AREA)

Claims (36)

1. Способ сохранения широковещательных программ для дальнейшей передачи абонентам, содержащий этапы, на которых принимают поток данных по широковещательному каналу, содержащий множество последовательных программ; извлекают в режиме реального времени видео- и аудиоданные для каждой программы из потока данных; одновременно извлекают в режиме реального времени служебную информацию, содержащуюся в каждой программе, из потока данных, причем служебная информация относится к программе, в которой она содержится; сохраняют видео- и аудиоданные для каждой программы в известном положении в средстве хранения данных; и для каждой программы сохраняют в средстве хранения в известном местоположении служебную информацию с данными, идентифицирующими указанное положение на средстве, в котором хранят соответствующие видео- и аудиоданные; и компонуют и сохраняют расписание принятых программ, используя сохраненную служебную информацию.1. A method for storing broadcast programs for further transmission to subscribers, comprising the steps of receiving a data stream over a broadcast channel containing a plurality of sequential programs; extracting real-time video and audio data for each program from the data stream; simultaneously extracting in real time the service information contained in each program from the data stream, and the service information relates to the program in which it is contained; store video and audio data for each program in a known position in the data storage means; and for each program, service information is stored in a storage medium at a known location with data identifying a specified position on the storage medium in which the corresponding video and audio data are stored; and compose and save a schedule of received programs using the stored overhead information. 2. Способ по п.1, дополнительно содержащий этап, на котором при получении запроса передают абоненту расписание принятых программ.2. The method according to claim 1, additionally containing a stage in which, upon receipt of the request, the schedule of received programs is transmitted to the subscriber. 3. Способ по п.1 или 2, в котором сохранение аудио- и видеоданных выполняют непрерывно во время приема потока данных по широковещательному каналу.3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, in which the storage of audio and video data is performed continuously while receiving a data stream over a broadcast channel. 4. Способ по п.3, в котором сохранение аудио- и видеоданных дополнительно содержит перезапись самых старых сохраненных программ при заполнении дискового средства хранения для обеспечения возможности сохранения программы, которая транслируется в текущий момент времени.4. The method according to claim 3, wherein storing the audio and video data further comprises overwriting the oldest stored programs when the disk storage medium is full to allow storing the program that is being broadcast at the current time. 5. Способ по п.4, дополнительно содержащий удаление служебной информации, соответствующей перезаписанной программе.5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising deleting service information corresponding to the rewritten program. 6. Способ по п.1 или 2, в котором вещательная компания или регулирующий орган предоставляет данные о правах на программу, которые определяют правила, относящиеся к широковещанию программы.6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, in which the broadcasting company or regulatory authority provides data on the rights to the program, which determine the rules related to broadcasting the program. 7. Способ по п.6, дополнительно содержащий передачу программы согласно правам на программу.7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising transmitting the program according to program rights. 8. Способ по п.1, дополнительно содержащий этапы, на которых принимают запрос от абонента на извлечение программы; идентифицируют запрошенную программу в сохраненной служебной информации; извлекают запрошенную программу с диска хранения данных; и передают программу абонентам.8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of receiving a request from a subscriber to retrieve a program; identify the requested program in the stored service information; retrieving the requested program from the data storage disk; and transmit the program to subscribers. 9. Способ по п.8, в котором передача указанной программы множеству абонентов включает в себя многоадресную передачу указанной программы указанному множеству абонентов.9. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting said program to a plurality of subscribers includes multicasting said program to said plurality of subscribers. 10. Способ по п.8 или 9, в котором передача указанной программы множеству абонентов включает в себя одноадресную передачу указанной программы первому абоненту.10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, in which the transmission of the specified program to multiple subscribers includes unicast transmission of the specified program to the first subscriber. 11. Способ по п.9, в котором указанную программу передают при помощи многоадресной передачи по цифровым абонентским линиям с по существу постоянной скоростью передачи в битах.11. The method according to claim 9, in which the specified program is transmitted using multicast transmission on digital subscriber lines with a substantially constant bit rate. 12. Способ по п.8, в котором передача программы абоненту содержит передачу программы в телевизионную приставку абоненту.12. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the program to the subscriber comprises transmitting the program to the set-top box to the subscriber. 13. Способ по п.8, дополнительно содержащий передачу программы на дополнительное устройство хранения в ответ на запрос от абонента.13. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the program to an additional storage device in response to a request from a subscriber. 14. Способ по п.13, в котором дополнительное устройство хранения представляет собой кратковременный архив на устройстве хранения, причем способ дополнительно содержит этапы, на которых создают по существу во время указанной передачи архивную копию указанной программы, сохраняют указанную архивную копию в известном положении в кратковременном архиве сохраняют связанную служебную информацию; и передают указанную архивную копию указанной программы первому абоненту при приеме запроса от указанного первого абонента.14. The method according to item 13, in which the additional storage device is a short-term archive on the storage device, and the method further comprises the steps of creating essentially during the specified transfer an archive copy of the specified program, save the specified archive copy in a known position in the short-term archive associated service information; and transmitting said archive copy of said program to a first subscriber upon receiving a request from said first subscriber. 15. Способ по п.14, в котором указанный кратковременный архив реализован в виде кольцевого буфера, хранящего заданное количество данных.15. The method of claim 14, wherein said short-term archive is implemented as a ring buffer storing a predetermined amount of data. 16. Способ по п.14 или 15, в котором указанную архивную копию принимают, сохраняют и воспроизводят с постоянной скоростью передачи в битах (CBR).16. The method according to 14 or 15, wherein said archive copy is received, stored and reproduced at a constant bit rate (CBR). 17. Способ по п.14, в котором дополнительное устройство хранения представляет собой долговременный архив на устройстве хранения, причем способ дополнительно содержит этап, на котором сохраняют при приеме запроса от второго абонента или провайдера широковещательных услуг вторую архивную копию указанной программы в долговременный архив, доступный для указанного второго абонента.17. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional storage device is a long-term archive on the storage device, the method further comprising storing, upon receipt of a request from a second subscriber or broadcast service provider, a second archive copy of said program to a long-term archive available for the specified second subscriber. 18. Способ по п.17, дополнительно содержащий этап, на котором передают указанную вторую архивную копию указанной программы указанному второму абоненту при приеме запроса программы от второго абонента.18. The method according to 17, further comprising the step of transmitting said second archive copy of said program to said second subscriber upon receiving a program request from the second subscriber. 19. Способ по п.18, в котором указанная передача указанной второй архивной копии указанной программы дополнительно содержит одноадресную передачу указанной программы указанному второму абоненту.19. The method of claim 18, wherein said transmission of said second archive copy of said program further comprises unicast transmission of said program to said second subscriber. 20. Способ по п.18 или 19, в котором указанную вторую архивную копию передают по цифровым абонентским линиям с по существу постоянной скоростью передачи в битах.20. The method of claim 18 or 19, wherein said second archive copy is transmitted over digital subscriber lines with a substantially constant bit rate. 21. Устройство для сохранения широковещательных программ для последующей передачи множеству абонентов, содержащее средство для приема потока данных по широковещательному каналу, содержащему множество последовательных программ, и средство хранения данных; средство для выделения видео- и аудиоданных, относящихся к каждой программе, из принятого по широковещательному каналу потока данных; средство хранения данных для сохранения видео- и аудиоданных в известном положении; средство для выделения из потока данных служебной информации, содержащейся в каждой программе, причем служебная информация относится к программе, в которой она содержится; при этом средство хранения данных сохраняет в известном положении в средстве хранения данных выделенную служебную информацию с данными, идентифицирующими положение в средстве хранения, в котором хранятся соответствующие видео- и аудиоданные для программы; и средство хранения данных сохраняет расписание принятых программ, скомпонованное на основе сохраненной служебной информации.21. An apparatus for storing broadcast programs for subsequent transmission to a plurality of subscribers, comprising: means for receiving a data stream on a broadcast channel containing a plurality of sequential programs, and means for storing data; means for extracting video and audio data related to each program from a data stream received on a broadcast channel; data storage means for storing video and audio data in a known position; means for extracting from the data stream service information contained in each program, and service information relates to the program in which it is contained; wherein the data storage means stores, in a known position in the data storage medium, dedicated service information with data identifying the position in the storage medium in which the corresponding video and audio data for the program are stored; and the data storage means stores a schedule of received programs arranged based on the stored overhead information. 22. Устройство по п.21, дополнительно содержащее средство для передачи аудио- и видеоданных, причем по запросу от абонента на извлечение конкретной программы, запрошенная программа идентифицируется в сохраненной служебной информации, извлекается с диска хранения данных и передается абоненту.22. The device according to item 21, further containing a means for transmitting audio and video data, and upon request from the subscriber to extract a specific program, the requested program is identified in the stored service information, is extracted from the data storage disk and transmitted to the subscriber. 23. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором средство хранения данных передает пользователю расписание принятых программ по запросу от абонента.23. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the data storage means transmits to the user a schedule of received programs upon request from the subscriber. 24. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором аудио- и видеоданные непрерывно сохраняют во время приема потока данных по широковещательному каналу.24. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the audio and video data is continuously stored during the reception of a data stream over a broadcast channel. 25. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором самую старую сохраненную программу перезаписывают при заполнении средства хранения данных для обеспечения возможности сохранения программы, которая транслируется в настоящий момент времени.25. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the oldest stored program is overwritten when the storage medium is full to ensure that it is possible to save the program that is currently broadcast. 26. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором удаляют служебную информацию, соответствующую перезаписанной программе.26. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the service information corresponding to the rewritten program is deleted. 27. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором служебная информация включает в себя данные о правах на программу, которые определяют правила, относящиеся к широковещанию программы.27. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the service information includes data on the rights to the program, which determine the rules related to broadcasting the program. 28. Устройство по п.27, в котором программу передают согласно правам на программу.28. The device according to item 27, in which the program is transmitted according to the rights to the program. 29. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором программу передают в телевизионную приставку абонента.29. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the program is transmitted to the television set-top box of the subscriber. 30. Устройство по п.21 или 22, в котором программу передают в дополнительное устройство хранения в ответ на запрос от абонента.30. The device according to item 21 or 22, in which the program is transferred to an additional storage device in response to a request from a subscriber. 31. Система широковещательной передачи, содержащая головной узел, соединенный для приема входного потока данных по широковещательному каналу, содержащего множество программ, причем указанный головной узел генерирует выходной поток данных, содержащий указанное множество программ в выходном формате; процессор служебной информации, связанный с указанным головным узлом и принимающий указанный входной поток данных по широковещательному каналу, причем указанный процессор служебной информации извлекает служебную информацию, содержащуюся в каждой из указанного множества программ, при этом указанная служебная информация относится к программе, в которой она содержится; сервер временного сдвига, связанный с указанным головным узлом и указанным процессором служебной информации, причем указанный сервер временного сдвига хранит копию указанного множества программ и связывает местоположение хранения каждой из указанных копий со служебной информацией, связанной с каждой из указанных программ; сеть передачи, соединенную с указанным головным узлом и сервером временного сдвига, выполненную с возможностью передачи указанного выходного потока данных во множество абонентских устройств и выборочной передачи указанных копий указанного множества программ в указанные абонентские устройства; и сервер расписаний широковещательных передач, связанный с указанным процессором служебной информации, выполняющий компоновку расписания принятых программ на основе указанной служебной информации.31. A broadcast system comprising: a head node coupled to receive an input data stream via a broadcast channel containing a plurality of programs, said head node generating an output data stream containing said plurality of programs in an output format; the service information processor associated with the specified head node and receiving the specified input data stream via a broadcast channel, wherein said service information processor retrieves service information contained in each of said plurality of programs, wherein said service information refers to the program in which it is contained; a time shift server associated with said head node and said service information processor, said time shift server storing a copy of said plurality of programs and associating a storage location of each of said copies with service information associated with each of said programs; a transmission network connected to said head node and a time shift server, configured to transmit said output data stream to a plurality of subscriber devices and selectively transmit said copies of said plurality of programs to said subscriber devices; and a broadcast schedule server associated with said service information processor, arranging a schedule of received programs based on said service information. 32. Система широковещательной передачи по п.31, дополнительно содержащая сервер архива контента, связанный с указанным сервером временного сдвига и указанной сетью передачи, причем сервер архива контента хранит долговременную копию программ, выбранных из указанного множества программ.32. The broadcast system of claim 31, further comprising a content archive server associated with said time shift server and said transmission network, wherein the content archive server stores a long-term copy of programs selected from said plurality of programs. 33. Система широковещательной передачи по п.31 или 32, дополнительно содержащая сервер расписаний широковещательных передач, связанный с указанным процессором служебной информации, генерирующий расписание программ на основе указанной служебной информации.33. The broadcast system of claim 31 or 32, further comprising a broadcast schedule server associated with said service information processor, generating a program schedule based on said service information. 34. Система широковещательной передачи по п.33, в котором указанный сервер расписаний широковещательных передач дополнительно подсоединен с возможностью приема внешних данных расписания, причем указанное расписание программы включает в себя указанные внешние данные расписания.34. The broadcast system of claim 33, wherein said broadcast schedule server is further connected to receive external schedule data, said program schedule including said external schedule data. 35. Система широковещательной передачи по п.33, в котором указанный сервер расписании широковещательных передач подсоединен с возможностью предоставления указанного расписания программ указанному множеству абонентских устройств.35. The broadcast system according to claim 33, wherein said broadcast schedule server is connected to provide said program schedule to said plurality of subscriber devices. 36. Машиночитаемый носитель, содержащий выполняемые компьютером инструкции, реализующие способ по любому из пп.1-20.36. Machine-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that implement the method according to any one of claims 1 to 20.
RU2005128299/09A 2003-02-12 2004-02-06 System for capture and selective reproduction of broadcasting programs RU2328087C2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0303176.2 2003-02-12
GBGB0303176.2A GB0303176D0 (en) 2003-02-12 2003-02-12 A system for capture and selective playback of broadcast programmes
US10/640,409 US7900231B2 (en) 2003-02-12 2003-08-13 System for capture and selective playback of broadcast programs
US10/640,409 2003-08-13

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
RU2008101903/07A Division RU2521491C2 (en) 2003-02-12 2008-01-17 System for capture and selective playback of broadcast programmes

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
RU2005128299A true RU2005128299A (en) 2006-06-10
RU2328087C2 RU2328087C2 (en) 2008-06-27

Family

ID=31995711

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
RU2005128299/09A RU2328087C2 (en) 2003-02-12 2004-02-06 System for capture and selective reproduction of broadcasting programs

Country Status (6)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1593263A2 (en)
JP (1) JP2006517757A (en)
KR (1) KR101060347B1 (en)
GB (2) GB2398955B (en)
RU (1) RU2328087C2 (en)
WO (1) WO2004073306A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0413848D0 (en) * 2004-06-21 2004-07-21 British Broadcasting Corp Accessing broadcast media
US20070130597A1 (en) * 2005-12-02 2007-06-07 Alcatel Network based instant replay and time shifted playback
JP4367541B2 (en) 2007-09-05 2009-11-18 ソニー株式会社 Information providing system, information providing apparatus, information receiving terminal, information providing method, and program
US8490133B1 (en) 2007-12-21 2013-07-16 Jelli, Inc. Social broadcasting platform
JP2011508518A (en) * 2007-12-21 2011-03-10 ジェリィ・インコーポレーテッド Social broadcasting
JP5541488B2 (en) * 2009-02-09 2014-07-09 ソニー株式会社 Content receiving apparatus and method
FR2968880B1 (en) * 2010-12-13 2014-09-26 Tv Numeric SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFUSION AND CONSUMPTION OF AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT.
JP5668512B2 (en) 2011-02-15 2015-02-12 ソニー株式会社 Information processing apparatus and information processing method
JP5066278B1 (en) * 2011-06-30 2012-11-07 株式会社東芝 Video display device, buffer management method, and video display system
DE202013006341U1 (en) * 2012-07-27 2013-08-08 Magine Holding AB System for playing media content from the World Wide Web
CN102843583A (en) * 2012-08-10 2012-12-26 Tcl集团股份有限公司 Display method, media play system and media play terminal of advertisements
KR102135347B1 (en) * 2013-05-21 2020-07-17 엘지전자 주식회사 Digital video recorder and operation method thereof
KR20150031660A (en) * 2013-09-16 2015-03-25 엘지전자 주식회사 Display device and method of providing vod service thereof
JP2014180023A (en) * 2014-05-08 2014-09-25 Nl Giken Kk Content receiving device and content distributing device
EP2996343A1 (en) * 2014-09-12 2016-03-16 Alcatel Lucent Method for transmitting a plurality of TV programs from a head-end device towards a client device, a related system and devices
AU2015341687B2 (en) * 2014-11-06 2018-10-11 Nagravision S.A. Media content reception and playback control
CN111540377B (en) * 2020-03-30 2023-08-25 北京讯听网络技术有限公司 System for intelligent fragmentation of broadcast program
JP2020150565A (en) * 2020-06-18 2020-09-17 Ｎｌ技研株式会社 Content reception device and content distribution device

Family Cites Families (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5485221A (en) * 1993-06-07 1996-01-16 Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. Subscription television system and terminal for enabling simultaneous display of multiple services
JP3525421B2 (en) * 1994-06-09 2004-05-10 ソニー株式会社 Data providing apparatus and method
US5945987A (en) * 1995-05-05 1999-08-31 Microsoft Corporation Interactive entertainment network system and method for providing short sets of preview video trailers
US5751282A (en) * 1995-06-13 1998-05-12 Microsoft Corporation System and method for calling video on demand using an electronic programming guide
JP3284061B2 (en) * 1995-10-16 2002-05-20 エルジー電子株式会社 Program guide device
US8037502B1 (en) * 2000-01-12 2011-10-11 Digital Connection, LLC Method and apparatus for archiving media content
US8584182B2 (en) * 2000-01-27 2013-11-12 Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc System and method for providing broadcast programming, a virtual VCR, and a video scrapbook to programming subscribers
SE0000988L (en) * 2000-03-22 2001-09-23 Nokia Corp Communication methods and systems and terminals utilizing this method
EP1185095A1 (en) * 2000-08-17 2002-03-06 Burst.Com, Inc. System and method for time-shifted program viewing
JP3830756B2 (en) * 2000-12-18 2006-10-11 シャープ株式会社 Broadcast data sharing server device
US20020147985A1 (en) * 2001-04-05 2002-10-10 Koji Miyajima Video distribution system and video distribution method
US8429010B2 (en) * 2001-06-18 2013-04-23 Panasonic Corporation CM data management apparatus/method, pay-program reception terminal/method, pay-program transmission/reception system, and computer-readable storage medium storing computer program to realize these methods
JP2003032646A (en) * 2001-07-17 2003-01-31 Canon Inc Distribution equipment, distribution system, distribution method, medium providing control program, and control program

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB0402683D0 (en) 2004-03-10
EP1593263A2 (en) 2005-11-09
GB0402684D0 (en) 2004-03-10
WO2004073306A2 (en) 2004-08-26
WO2004073306A3 (en) 2004-12-02
KR101060347B1 (en) 2011-08-29
GB2399250A (en) 2004-09-08
GB2399250B (en) 2005-08-24
RU2328087C2 (en) 2008-06-27
KR20050103225A (en) 2005-10-27
GB2398955A (en) 2004-09-01
GB2398955B (en) 2005-09-14
JP2006517757A (en) 2006-07-27

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
RU2005128299A (en) SYSTEM FOR CAPTURE AND SELECT PLAYBACK OF BROADCAST PROGRAMS
US10462530B2 (en) Systems and methods for providing a multi-perspective video display
US8561115B2 (en) Video server and video distribution system using the same
JP5307315B2 (en) System and method for incorporating previously broadcast content into program recordings
KR101115147B1 (en) Methods for multicasting content
US8775655B2 (en) System and method for presenting streaming media content
US5561670A (en) Method and apparatus for operating a multicast system on an unreliable network
JP3907839B2 (en) Broadcast system
US20080086743A1 (en) Enhanced personal video recorder
US20130282870A1 (en) Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, transmission method, and program
US20010051037A1 (en) Personal versatile recorder: enhanced features, and methods for its use
EP1415473B1 (en) On-demand interactive magazine
JP2001237829A (en) Video server in video distribution system
WO2001056285A1 (en) System and method for providing broadcast programming, a virtual vcr, and a video scrapbook to programming subscribers
JPH11501786A (en) Compressed video signal receiving method
CN101631228B (en) Method and system for implementing network time-shifted television supporting DVB CAS
US11388448B2 (en) Method and apparatus for archiving media content
CN102333243A (en) VOD (video on demand) device of streaming media in live broadcast
US20120008912A1 (en) Time-shift buffer
CN102497542A (en) Video positioning playback system and method thereof
US20020144278A1 (en) System for transmitting desired digital media and audio signals in a 3-dimensional holographic format via computer network
US8607282B2 (en) Video on demand service method, video on demand receiver, and video on demand server
US20140281028A1 (en) Delivery device, delivery method, association information generation device, association information generation method, control program, and recording medium
CN110892729A (en) Media content delivery
JP4782938B2 (en) Data broadcasting equipment

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MM4A The patent is invalid due to non-payment of fees

Effective date: 20180207