WO2001093597A3 - Video on demand - Google Patents

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WO2001093597A3
WO2001093597A3 PCT/IB2001/000929 IB0100929W WO0193597A3 WO 2001093597 A3 WO2001093597 A3 WO 2001093597A3 IB 0100929 W IB0100929 W IB 0100929W WO 0193597 A3 WO0193597 A3 WO 0193597A3
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television broadcast
repository
video
stored
facility
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PCT/IB2001/000929
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Johan Izak Jacobus Venter
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Moyses Maria Elizabeth Danetta
Johan Izak Jacobus Venter
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Priority to EP01932008A priority Critical patent/EP1295485A2/en
Priority to AU2001258687A priority patent/AU2001258687A1/en
Publication of WO2001093597A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001093597A2/en
Publication of WO2001093597A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001093597A3/en

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    • 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]
    • H04N21/20—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
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • 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]
    • H04N21/40—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]
    • H04N21/60—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
    • H04N21/6582—Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number
    • 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

Abstract

A system for providing a video-on-demand service comprises a repository of video programmes, an administration facility associated with the repository of video programmes, one or more television broadcast receivers remote from the repository, a satellite communication channel capable of carrying a television broadcast signal between the repository and the television broadcast receivers, and a television broadcast transmitter capable of broadcasting any selected one of the video programmes in the repository along the satellite communication channel to the television broadcast receivers. The administration facility has a register of authorised users of the repository, and each television broadcast receiver has an associated storage means in the form of a hard disk drive. The broadcast selected video programme is stored, at least partially, upon reception thereof, in the associated storage means of the television broadcast receivers. An activation facility responsive to a request by a registered user enables the stored selected video programme for viewing on the television broadcast receiver. A billing facility bills the authorised user as a function of a number of stored video programmes viewed by the user.
PCT/IB2001/000929 2000-05-30 2001-05-28 Video on demand WO2001093597A2 (en)

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EP01932008A EP1295485A2 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-28 Video on demand
AU2001258687A AU2001258687A1 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-28 Video on demand

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ZA2000/02688 2000-05-30

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WO2001093597A3 true WO2001093597A3 (en) 2002-05-30

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AU (1) AU2001258687A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2349401A1 (en)
DE (1) DE10126102A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2811847B3 (en)
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US20020059618A1 (en) 2002-05-16
AU2001258687A1 (en) 2001-12-11
DE10126102A1 (en) 2002-01-17
WO2001093597A2 (en) 2001-12-06
FR2811847A1 (en) 2002-01-18
GB2367468A (en) 2002-04-03
GB0113102D0 (en) 2001-07-18
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