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US20150007239 |
SMART PRE-LOAD FOR VIDEO-ON-DEMAND IN AN HTTP ADAPTIVE STREAMING ENVIRONMENT
A system (e.g., video delivery system, a video-on-demand system, a back office system) and a method are described herein for delivering a selected digital content (e.g., movie, musical... |
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US20150150062 |
Reducing Network Bandwidth Usage in a Distributed Video Editing System
Techniques are disclosed for reducing the amount of network bandwidth used by a distributed video editing system. A server dynamically chooses from among several encoding options, depending on the... |
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US20140359683 |
CONTENT PLACEMENT
A method includes forecasting demand for media content items of a media distribution system based on historical demand information to generate forecasted demand. The method includes generating a... |
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US20150163556 |
VIDEO QUALITY AND AUDIO QUALITY ADJUSTMENT
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller that receives an indication of a resolution preference for presenting first... |
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US20150201228 |
PERSONAL CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS AND METHODS
Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the... |
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US20140053219 |
DYNAMIC PROBABILITY-BASED ADMISSION CONTROL SCHEME FOR DISTRIBUTED VIDEO ON DEMAND SYSTEM
The dynamic probability admission control policy for distributed video provides a method that decides in a Video on Demand (VOD) system which content requests can be admitted and which requests... |
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US20110023072 |
MULTIPLE AUDIO STREAMS
A system and method for providing multiple audio streams for a video over a network such as the Internet. The system comprises a server that includes an encryption unit and a slicing unit, a... |
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US20110072474 |
Selective Defragmentation of Quadrature Amplitude Modulators
Techniques are provide herein to determine the amount of allocated and unutilized bandwidth for services already provided on each of a plurality of quadrature amplitude modulator (QAM) channels.... |
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US20050039213 |
Optimal provisioning and management of bandwidth in a video-on-demand services architecture
A method for provisioning a Video-On-Demand server with enough bandwidth to stream videos to subscribers such that the probability of the Video-On-Demand server not having enough bandwidth to... |
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US20130160062 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING DEFINITIONS TO MEDIA NETWORK CHANNELS
An approach for assigning definitions to media network channels is described. A demand for program content of a media network channel associated with a first definition relating to resolution of... |
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US20070192820 |
Bandwidth sharing
A method for bandwidth sharing between first and second satellite television networks in a satellite television system carried out at a first satellite television network receiver, in a manner... |
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US20110154409 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE VIDEO ON DEMAND (VoD) SERVICE USING CONTENTS HAVING MULTIPLE BITRATES
Provided is a method and system of providing a Video on Demand (VoD) service using contents of multiple bitrates that may provide a content encoded at a different bitrate according to a bandwidth... |
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US20140137172 |
VIDEO QUALITY AND AUDIO QUALITY ADJUSTMENT
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to allocate between a video and audio quality in a multimedia presentation and... |
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US20150237383 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REVENUE-OPTIMIZED DELIVERY OF CONTENT IN A NETWORK
Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution and delivery of multimedia or other content within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a broadcast switched... |
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US20120185899 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REVENUE-OPTIMIZED DELIVERY OF CONTENT IN A NETWORK
Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution and delivery of multimedia or other content within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a broadcast switched... |
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US20130133008 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL BROADCASTING
An apparatus and method provide virtual broadcasting. A method of server operation for virtual broadcasting includes receiving a request for creation of a virtual broadcasting channel meeting a... |
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US20140344873 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-SOURCE BANDWIDTH SHARING MANAGEMENT
Methods and apparatus for providing one or more services such as video on-demand, switched digital video, or Internet services using shared bandwidth. Exemplary embodiments include methods and... |
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US20120090013 |
Unified management method and system for channel service as well as services on demand of stream media
The present invention provides a unified management method system for channel service as well as service on demand of stream media, which belong to the management technology of stream media... |
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US20050278761 |
Playlist menu navigation
In one embodiment, a method of operating a communications system is disclosed comprising receiving a request for establishment of a session from a terminal, establishing the session with the... |
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US20150121407 |
CREDIT/PENALTY-BASED NETWORK-GUIDANCE OF BITRATES FOR CLIENTS
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to obtain network state information pertaining to at least a portion of a network that provides an adaptive bitrate... |
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US20070056002 |
System and method for distributed video-on-demand
Various techniques for providing a video-on-demand (VOD) system based on distributed networks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the VOD system, individual client devices on a network are... |
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US20140259054 |
VARIABILITY IN AVAILABLE LEVELS OF QUALITY OF ENCODED CONTENT
A server resource provides notification to subscribers in a respective network environment that the content is available for retrieval at a particular bit rate (e.g., a promotional bit rate) or... |
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US20130268961 |
VARIABILITY IN AVAILABLE LEVELS OF QUALITY OF ENCODED CONTENT
A server resource provides notification to subscribers in a respective network environment that the content is available for retrieval at a particular bit rate (e.g., a promotional bit rate) or... |
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US20120137336 |
Content Placement
A method includes receiving data identifying new media content items to be added to a media distribution system that provides media content on demand to a plurality of endpoints. The media... |
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US20140282681 |
CHAPTERIZED STREAMING OF VIDEO CONTENT
A method includes sending, by a user device, a request for video content based on a selected video content chapter of the video content. The method also includes receiving video content... |
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US20120180080 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK BANDWIDTH CONSERVATION
Methods and apparatus for conserving bandwidth within a network based on two or more different service levels. In an exemplary embodiment, programming that is simulcast on two or more program... |
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US20110078716 |
Providing a Dedicated Channel Accessible to a Group of Users
A system includes a service provider network configured to communicate with a plurality of television-based user devices. The system also includes a database storing a status of user activity with... |
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US20140101708 |
Transmission And Consumption Of Time-Shifted Content In A One-Way Communication Environment
Aspects of the disclosure relate to control of transmission and consumption of content in a device, such as an end-point rendering device. The content can include linear-programming content assets... |
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US20150046960 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION
Methods and apparatus for assigning bandwidth to a network based on two or more different service levels. In an exemplary embodiment, video on-demand (VOD) session requests within a service group... |
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US20110083153 |
Method and Equipment for Providing Unicast Preparation for IPTV
A method for providing switching of a media session transmitted from server to a user equipment from a multicast to a cast bearer. A preparation trigger recognised by the user equipment triggers a... |
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US20150172161 |
REAL-TIME PROCESSING CAPABILITY BASED QUALITY ADAPTATION
The quality of a media stream transmitted to a client device is dynamically adapted based on real-time availability of resources on the client device. Central processing unit resources, memory... |
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US20150143440 |
NAVIGATION WITHIN SWITCHED DIGITAL STREAMED CONTENT
In certain embodiments, a method carried out in a digital television receiver device incapable of full two way communications, of receiving switched digital television programs involves storing a... |
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US20120167152 |
Navigation Within Switched Digital Streamed Content
In certain embodiments, a method carried out in a digital television receiver device incapable of full two way communications, of receiving switched digital television programs involves storing a... |
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US20150089557 |
VARIANT PLAYLIST OPTIMIZATION
A method includes identifying an initial variant playlist for a content item. The initial variant playlist lists a first plurality of bit rate streams. Client devices that receive the content item... |
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US20120124629 |
Managing Bandwidth in an IPTV Environment
Bandwidth in an IPTV environment is managed by determining when the available bandwidth may be exceeded if a new video stream is added, and, prior to exceeding the available bandwidth, choosing a... |
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US20070214483 |
Tool for predicting capacity demands on an electronic system
Method of predicting capacity demands on a desired device used to support services for a number of subscribers within a market area having a number of devices. The method includes predicting the... |
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US20070204313 |
Token Locking to Schedule Content Consumption
Embodiments of token locking to schedule content consumption are described herein. Tokens are designated to portion bandwidth allocated to a group of client devices by a content provider to stream... |
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US20070107023 |
CHANNEL CHANGES BETWEEN SERVICES WITH DIFFERING BANDWIDTH IN A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM
Channel changes between services with differing bandwidth in a switched digital video system. A services map published by the headend and distributed to all of the edge devices, allows a bandwidth... |
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US20070174883 |
Token Bandwidth Portioning
Embodiments of token bandwidth portioning techniques are described herein. Tokens may be designated to streams of content allocated to a viewing system by a contact provider. The viewing system,... |
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US20060225106 |
Presence detection in a bandwidth management system
Methods, devices, and computer program products are disclosed for conserving bandwith. If a presence of at least one individual is detected, then a stream of data is delivered to the multimedia... |
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US20100306806 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO ON DEMAND PREVIEW CHANNEL THROUGH CHANNEL ZAPPING IN REAL-TIME BROADCAST SERVICE
Disclosed is a system and a method of providing a VOD (Video On Demand; below referred to as ‘VOD’) preview channel through channel zapping in a real-time broadcast service. To do this, the... |
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US20080282300 |
DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER
A digital television receiver for use in a digital television broadcast system in which a plurality of digital television data streams can be provided in respective streams of television broadcast... |
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US20110023061 |
RESOURCE SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM REQUESTING METHOD AND SYSTEM
A resource scheduling apparatus, a resource scheduling method, a program requesting method, a program requesting system, and a Set Top Box (STB) are provided. The resource scheduling method... |
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US20130239154 |
Bandwidth Management For Packet-Based Program Service
Method, device, and storage medium for receiving a request for a program from a user device; querying bandwidth state information; identifying whether the bandwidth state information indicates... |
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US20120131622 |
HYBRID VIDEO SELECTION, DELIVERY, AND CACHING
One or more devices, in a video content delivery network, store video content for one or more customer premise devices in a hierarchical storage, and provide real time video content from the... |
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US20060085827 |
Entertainment content preprocessing
A method of preprocessing video entertainment content consistent with certain embodiments involves encoding the video entertainment content using a digital video encoding process to produce... |
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US20120159558 |
Cache Management In A Video Content Distribution Network
Cache management techniques are described for a content distribution network (CDN), for example, a video on demand (VOD) system supporting user requests and delivery of video content. A preferred... |
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US20060064730 |
Configurable entertainment network
A method for configuring an entertainment network begins by polling, by a master component of the entertainment network, slave components via a communication channel to identify active slave... |
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US20070250888 |
Content reproduction device and control method thereof
A mobile phone of the present invention, which is capable of reproducing a broadcast program supplied through a broadcast wave and stored programs stored in a program data storage, is provided... |
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US20140020036 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE CAPABILITIES DISCOVERY AND UTILIZATION WITHIN A CONTENT-BASED NETWORK
Methods and apparatus for determining and selecting digital coding and/or decoding technology, delivery bitrates, and resolution parameters for programming and data delivery over, e.g., a... |