Video on demand server system and method

Details Video on demand server system and method Video on demand server system and method

2003-09-10

2010-11-30

Pendleton, Brian T (Department: 2425)

Interactive video distribution systems

User-requested video program system

Video-on-demand

C725S093000, C725S091000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07844992

ABSTRACT:
A Video-on-Demand Server architecture transmits a plurality of pre-coded programs having different bit rates across a fixed bandwidth channel. For each program, a generator generates a plurality of different bit rate representations for each program. Each generator also provides control information at each of a plurality of successive time windows T for each bit rate representation. The control information provides a bit rate and a quality measure during each time window T. The control information enables a statistical multiplexer to select a bit rate representation for each program during each time window T to maximize the quality of the selected representations while not exceeding the total available channel capacity.

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