Interactive video distribution systems – User-requested video program system – Video-on-demand
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-03
2007-07-03
Vu, Ngoc (Department: 2623)
Interactive video distribution systems
User-requested video program system
Video-on-demand
C725S090000, C725S091000, C725S114000, C709S203000, C709S231000, C341S050000, C341S055000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09768843
ABSTRACT:
A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and wherein each segment includes an integer number of blocks. One or more channels on which to serve each segment are determined, and a rate at which to serve each segment is determined. Additionally, a schedule pair for each channel is determined. The schedule pair includes a time at which the client may start receiving on the channel and a time at which the client may stop receiving on the channel.
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Horn Gavin
Knudsgaard Per
Lassen Soren
Luby Michael G.
Rasmussen Jens
Albert Philip H.
Digital Fountain Inc.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Vu Ngoc
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