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6205582 Interactive cable television system with frame server  
In an interactive cable system having a plurality of assignable interactive controllers which communicate with subscribers through an information service distribution network, a frame server is...
6185736 Information transmission apparatus, traffic control apparatus, method of managing bandwidth resources using the same and method of admitting a call, using variable-rate-encoding  
A notification parameter file, which time-sequentially shows a characteristic of the transmission rate change corresponding to the durable time of a traffic, is notified to a network from a server...
6157949 Data placement on direct access devices for media servers with cyclic re-broadcast capability  
The present invention optimizes data placement in reference to the service of cyclic re-broadcast, typical of a media server. When the media data to be re-broadcast and the cycle of the...
6157929 System apparatus and method for managing the use and storage of digital information  
A system, apparatus and method for managing the storage and use of digital information. The digital information can comprise both time-based information, such as digital video and digital audio,...
6148142 Multi-user, on-demand video server system including independent, concurrently operating remote data retrieval controllers  
A plurality of movies are distributively stored in digital form on a mass storage unit such as a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (RAID) disk drive system such that they can be viewed on...
6134585 Stream transfer control system for distributing streams of moving images and voice to clients and reproducing the same and data reading method thereof  
A stream transfer control system including a server unit and a plurality of clients connected to each other through a network, the server unit including a plurality of transmission buffers provided...
6128467 Crosspoint switched multimedia system  
A multimedia system for delivering multimedia content to customer premises equipment via a circuit of a communications network includes a plurality of servers connected to a plurality of disk...
6128650 Video service system with VCR function  
A system for serving video and/or audio data includes one or more first storage medium units for storing video and/or audio data, and at least one second storage medium unit with an agile disc for...
6072982 Interactive audiovisual distribution system  
A distribution center according to the present invention is capable of handling requests from a plurality of subscribers for accessing programs in a central audiovisual library. The subscriber...
6070186 Video server and video-on-demand system capable of effectively transmitting a special video program  
In a video server used for a video-on-demand system, a special video program, such as a commercial video program, is transmitted from a special video storage unit of the video server to each...
6029195 System for customized electronic identification of desirable objects  
This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically...
5987501 Multimedia system having server for retrieving media data as indicated in the list provided by a client computer  
The problems of latency, flow control and data loss, and data movement within a client system memory are solved in a distributed multimedia system so as to enable real-time transmission of...
5974217 Information transmission system having a reduced number of stored programs and recording media playback drives  
A VOD delivery system for delivering program data such as of movies or the like on a real-time basis which are requested by subscribers from time to time, in response to the requests from the...
5969714 Interactive video system with frame reference number  
In video on demand (VOD) problems may be caused by potential transmission, queuing and processing delays in the network which can lead to erratic and erroneous operation of VOD systems when...
5963202 System and method for distributing and managing digital video information in a video distribution network  
The video distribution network system includes client configuration data, a client video buffer for storing video information, a client video driver coupled to the client video buffer for...
5935206 Automatic replication of digital video as needed for video-on-demand  
A server and method allocates access to a digital video movie to clients for viewing upon demand. The server receives requests to view the movie and in response, compares a number of requests to...
5930493 Multimedia server system and method for communicating multimedia information  
A multimedia server system and a method for communicating multimedia programming to distantly situated media control systems are disclosed. The multimedia server system includes a mass storage...
5923361 Multiple subscriber video-on-demand system  
A system which makes use of existing coax wiring to provide video-on-demand to individual subscribers. IP addressable, bi-directional video switches are used to replace traditional set-top cable...
5920700 System for managing the addition/deletion of media assets within a network based on usage and media asset metadata  
An intelligent asset management system is disclosed which includes a schedule manager for evaluation of predetermined events particular to each asset and predetermined requirements for...
5916303 Optimal movie distribution on video servers in an n-level interactive TV system  
Movies are distributed and stored within a movie on demand or near movie on demand system having a number of levels of interconnectivity between and including at least one headend and at least one...
5913039 Video on demand system with a transmission schedule table in the video server including entries for client identifiers, video titles, and reproduction start times  
An on-demand communication system provides a multimedia server connected to a plurality of clients via a network. A data stream can be transmitted in response to a transmission request of a title...
5905847 Client-server system with parity storage  
A client-server system which improves efficiency of each server by distributing loads to a plurality of servers having a plurality of storages for sequentially storing data which are distributed in...
5905942 Multiple dwelling unit interactive audio/video distribution system  
An audio/video distribution system for a multiple dwelling unit such as an apartment building provides programming which is selectable by a subscriber through the interactive use of on-screen...
5900904 Picture reproduction position detecting apparatus for use with video on demand system  
A system provider has a data storing unit for storing at least one digital picture data block referred to as a minimum playback picture block (GOP: Group of Pictures) in each fixed-length area (for...
5892915 System having client sending edit commands to server during transmission of continuous media from one clip in play list for editing the play list  
A protocol and interface provides continuous play over multiple clips for extended periods of time, allows a play-list to be edited dynamically after being given to the video server and during...
5892535 Flexible, configurable, hierarchical system for distributing programming  
A flexible and configurable system for distributing media (or programming) to one or more distribution networks. The system includes a media server, at least one server interface unit, a first...
5883661 Output switching for load levelling across multiple service areas  
A television information system for distributing television information services, including interactive service, to subscribers divided among a plurality of service areas. A system manager receives...
5870553 System and method for on-demand video serving from magnetic tape using disk leader files  
A system and method for delivering cost-reduced, low latency, wider variety video-on-demand for digitized motion pictures. Leader files stored in disk array are accessible quickly for viewing in...
5864682 Method and apparatus for frame accurate access of digital audio-visual information  
A method and apparatus for use in a digital video delivery system is provided. A digital representation of an audio-visual work, such as an MPEG file, is parsed to produce a tag file. The tag file...
5864537 Media information distribution services system and method  
A media information distribution service system, such as a video-on-demand service system, is disclosed which, even if the capacity of a line is small and the number of lines connected to a media...
5859976 System and method for enabling a data/video server to implement operation in accordance with a new connection diagram, and a data/video server including that system  
A data/video server having the following elements: n I/O access channel connectors, m storage arrays and a commutator which connects individual ones of the I/O access channel connectors to...
5845279 Scheduling resources for continuous media databases  
Various systems and methods of scheduling media segments of varying display rate, length and/or periodicity on at least one clustered, vertically-striped or horizontally-striped continuous media...
5838362 Image data readout time adjuster for a video-on-demand system  
A data readout time adjuster to be used for a video-on-demand system includes the following units. A readout time adjusting data storage unit stores image data for adjusting readout time to be...
5818911 Information communication system and transmitting and terminal apparatus for the same  
An information communication system that includes a transmitter, a communication network and at least one terminal apparatus connected with the transmitter through the communication network. The...
5818439 Video viewing assisting method and a video playback system therefor  
In order to provided information for helping a viewing user remember the contents of past viewing of a video program, in an easy-to-comprehend form and in as small an information amount as...
5808660 Video on-demand system with a plurality of reception apparatus connected in a daisy chain connection  
A communication line used for connection of a system such as a video on-demand system which includes a delivery apparatus and a plurality of reception apparatus is formed from a data line to be...
5805154 Integrated broadcast application with broadcast portion having option display for access to on demand portion  
An interactive integrated application, having a broadcast portion and an on-demand portion, is provided to a user station via a communication network. The broadcast portion of the application is...
5790423 Interactive audio transmission receiving and playback system  
The present invention includes a system for transmitting, receiving, storing and replaying a user selected program, which has a service center including an electronic user accessible interface and...
5790176 Media server for supplying video and multi-media data over the public switched telephone network  
A media server receives, stores and forwards multi-media data and full motion video feature presentations within a public switched telephone network. The media server receives wide band digital...
5790174 PSTN architecture for video-on-demand services  
A public switched telephone network (PSTN) provides digital video signals from a video information provider to one or more of a plurality of subscriber premises. A subscriber uses either a standard...
5778186 Data serving apparatus with access requests quantized into variable size data and time quantization units  
In a data delivery server apparatus to which a plurality of terminal equipments each having a unique identifier are connected, a storage section stores a plurality of data, each of which includes...
5756280 Multimedia distribution network including video switch  
A multimedia information distribution system includes one or more servers, each server having access to a database storing multimedia information for distribution to subscribers, each of the...
5754730 Method for predicting what video data should be in a cache which is in a disk-based digital video recorder  
A digital video recorder employing standard hard disk arrays employs a caching system to enable continuous video data to be supplied to and provided from the standard disk drives which may not be...
5754771 Maximum receive capacity specifying query processing client/server system replying up to the capacity and sending the remainder upon subsequent request  
An Interactive Television (ITV) Client/Server system comprises one or more Clients (e.g., set top boxes or "STBs") connected to a Server module, via a Broadband Communication Network, is described....
5751968 System and method for distributing multi-media presentations in a computer network  
A method and a system for distributing a multi-media presentation in a computer network is provided. The method includes the steps of feeding at least one site of said computer network with a...
5751336 Permutation based pyramid block transmission scheme for broadcasting in video-on-demand storage systems  
Portions of multimedia program (presentation) are repetitively broadcast to receiving stations with subsequent portions being broadcast less frequently than preceding portions. Blocks of at least...
5739869 Electronic libretto display apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for the simultaneous presentation of a performance script available in the original language or multiple translations, which can be selected by the user. In addition, other...
5719983 Method and apparatus for placement of video data based on disk zones  
A method and apparatus for storing data on a storage device in which the storage device has a plurality of different zones. Each zone in the storage device has a different transfer rate. The...
5717854 Multimedia server having a plurality of stream controllers directly connected to the network  
Each of processor units 31-1-31-n comprises a CPU, memory, and interface function. A high-speed communications network 32 interconnects the processor units for inter-processor communications. Each...
5715400 System and method for providing merchant information and establishing links to merchants while presenting a movie  
A system and method for providing on demand access to information related to a movie while the movie is being presented to a user, where the movie was generated from the movie related information,...
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