Strategies for disseminating media information using...

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2005-10-21

2009-06-16

Ngo, Ricky (Department: 2416)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Concurrent input/output processing and data transfer

C370S216000, C370S390000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07548995

ABSTRACT:
A system is described for disseminating media information. An operations center transmits at least a primary stream on a first network connection and a backup stream on a second network connection to a media device (such as a set-top box). The media device identifies whether the primary stream includes any missing information, and, if so, supplies the missing information from the backup stream. The primary stream and the backup stream can have the same or different bit rates. The operations center can send the backup stream as a component of a multiplexed stream, including at least one other stream. Through these provisions, the system provides a streaming mechanism that is both reliable and scalable.

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patent: 2006/0127059 (2006-06-01), Fanning
“Transmission Control Protocol,” from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, available at <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission—Control—Protocol>>, accessed on Nov. 9, 2005, 7 pages.
Apple QuickTime homepage, provided by Apple of Apple, Cupertino, CA, available at <<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mac.html>>, accessed on Nov. 9, 2005, 1 page.
“An Introduction to QuickTime,” available at <<http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/qttutorial/streaming.html>>, accessed on Nov. 9, 2005, 4 pages.
“QuickTime Streaming” introductory page, available at <<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/quicktime/REF/Streaming.htm>>, accessed on Nov. 9, 2005, 2 pages.
U.S. Appl. No. 11/012,891, filed Dec. 15, 2004, Green et al., entitled “Retry Strategies for Use in a Streaming Environment.”

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