Content/service handling and delivery

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2003-06-06

2008-11-11

Ustaris, Joseph G (Department: 2623)

Interactive video distribution systems

Program, message, or commercial insertion or substitution

Specific to individual user or household

C725S032000, C725S035000, C725S036000, C725S114000, C725S115000, C725S138000, C725S144000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07451467

ABSTRACT:
An enhanced playback method including receiving real time content from source links connected to a sources, simultaneously storing the real time content as stored content using a fault tolerant and load balancing method, aggregating the real time content and stored content from additional content, delivering content real time or stored in response to a user request from a user on a terminal system using a cut-through forwarding method.A content/service handling and delivery system including source input/output (I/O) links, a content handling subsystem, the content handling subsystem connected to the source input links, a service delivery subsystem connected to the content handling subsystem, an input and interaction subsystem connected to the service delivery subsystem and terminal I/O links, the plurality terminal I/O links connected to the service delivery subsystem.

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