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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > User-requested Video Program System > Vcr-like Function > Server Or Headend > Control Process > Scheduling (e.g., Grouping Users Together) Scheduling (e.g., Grouping Users Together)Scheduling (e.g., Grouping Users Together) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/08/07 - 20070261088 - Rules-based content management Techniques for rules-based content management are provided. Video on demand (VOD) assets are collected in a repository from a variety of sources. Each asset is uniquely identified, organized, prioritized, managed, and distributed in response to metadata associated with each asset and business rules. Assets may be individually distributed to target ... 10/25/07 - 20070250880 - Peer-to-peer video on demand techniques Techniques for delivering video on demand (VOD) content via peer-to-peer (P2P) techniques are provided. A VOD distribution service maintains associations of viewers that have specific VOD content. As new viewers, which lack the specific VOD content, make requests for the specific VOD content from the VOD distribution service, the VOD ... 07/19/07 - 20070169159 - System to provide markers to affect rendering and navigation of content on demand A content on demand system includes logic to deliver at least one audio and/or video stream and to insert markers in the at least one stream, the markers indicating a position in the at least one stream, and logic to receive from a set top box a marker for an ... 05/10/07 - 20070107027 - Method and system for scheduling online content delivery A method and system to schedule delivery of items of content selectively to online users are described. Expected values relating to each user being online is determined during a given time period. An ordered list of the items of content to be selectively delivered to the users is generated based ... 05/10/07 - 20070107026 - Fast channel change with conditional return to multicasting In a digital video network that is capable of distributing digital video content to a client via multicasting and unicasting, servicing a channel change request from a client involves switching from providing the digital video content to the client via multicasting to providing the digital video content to the client ... 05/10/07 - 20070107025 - System and method for placement of servers in an internet protocol television network According to one example embodiment the placement of video distribution servers and acquisition servers in a live television IPTV network is considered to be a separate process. This process may be based, for example, on historical data, number of subscribers, subscribers' service quality, some video distribution servers may be selectively ... 05/04/06 - 20060095946 - System and method for broadcasting a video program The system for broadcasting a video program to several destinations (14) comprises an assembly of broadcasting sources (26) suitable for ensuring the transmission, on an information transmission network (16), of several video signals comprising the same video program and shifted with respect to time, and means (22) for controlling and ... 04/06/06 - 20060075443 - Switching to a broadcast data stream A user terminal is provided with a program by starting transmission of a media stream representing the first part of the program over a dedicated connection specific to the user terminal at a time selected by the user but at a rate enabling the user terminal to switch seamlessly to ... 01/26/06 - 20060020984 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for improving video-on-demand content delivery in regional networks A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improving video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery in regional networks. A VOD server is coupled to a global VOD network. The global VOD network is coupled to multiple different regional VOD networks. Multiple different clients are coupled to each one of the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216942 - Multicasting multimedia content distribution system A method and apparatus for a multicasting multimedia content distribution system. A content server creates a schedule of transmission times for data streams and assigns the streams to multicast groups. DVRs receive the schedule from content server that contains content descriptions for each data stream along with the transmission times ... 09/22/05 - 20050210523 - System and method for transmitting files from a sender to a receiver in a television distribution network A system and method for transmitting files from a sender to a receiver in a television distribution system, for example, a cable television distribution network, is provided. The files are transmitted without the need for transmitting a directory over an out of band communications link. In an exemplary embodiment, a ... 06/02/05 - 20050120378 - Event driven filter monitoring for ip multicast services Event driven methods for implementing or removing a filter used in receiving a multicast transmission are disclosed. An exemplary method for implementing a filter includes: detecting a message, such as an IPv6 MLD message, wherein the message comprises an address of a multicast group and a request to join the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |