公开(公告)号：US10892932B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16562046

申请日：2019-09-05

申请人： Time Warner Cable Inc.

发明人： Glen Hardin

IPC分类号： H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/34 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/643

摘要： Methods and apparatus for distributing content using a spectrum generation device. In one embodiment, digital content is received via a time-multiplexed network transport (such as Gigabit Ethernet), and converted to frequency channels suitable for transmission over a content distribution (e.g., Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)) network. In one variant, the conversion is performed using digital domain processing performed by a full spectrum generation device. Additionally, methods and apparatus for selectively adding, removing, and/or changing digital content from the full spectrum device are also disclosed. Various aspects of the present invention enable physical (infrastructure) consolidation, and software-implemented remote management of content distribution.

公开(公告)号：US09137557B1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-15

申请号：US12533431

申请日：2009-07-31

申请人： Francis R. Sandoval ,  Steven Ernest Riedl ,  Walter F. Michel

发明人： Francis R. Sandoval ,  Steven Ernest Riedl ,  Walter F. Michel

IPC分类号： H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/81

CPC分类号： H04N21/25883 ,  G06Q30/0242 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： Systems and methods for implementing a dynamic broadcast campaign and/or an interactive broadcast campaign are provided, in which an interactive program is broadcast to an audience and in which members of the audience may interact with media content of the interactive program and/or in which a dynamic program is broadcast to a segment of the audience. The systems and methods utilize a platform that facilitates the creation, execution, and monitoring of a dynamic broadcast campaign and/or an interactive broadcast campaign, as well as one or more interactive and/or dynamic programs within the campaign. Each interactive program enables audience members to interact or send messages to the program, such that the messages are received and processed by the program itself or received by the program and processed by the broadcaster that aired the program.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于实现动态广播活动和/或交互式广播活动的系统和方法，其中向观众广播交互式节目，并且观众中的哪些成员可以与交互式节目的媒体内容进行交互和/或其中 将动态节目广播给观众的一部分。 该系统和方法利用促进动态广播活动和/或交互式广播活动的创建，执行和监视以及活动内的一个或多个交互式和/或动态节目的平台。 每个交互式节目使受众成员能够与节目进行交互或发送消息，使消息由节目本身接收和处理，或由节目接收并由播放该节目的广播商进行处理。

公开(公告)号：US20140164760A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-12

申请号：US13710308

申请日：2012-12-10

申请人： TIME WARNER CABLE INC.

发明人： Eric Hybertson

IPC分类号： H04L9/32

CPC分类号： H04L63/0464 ,  H04L9/06 ,  H04L63/0281 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/061 ,  H04L2209/603 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/440218 ,  H04N21/4408 ,  H04N21/4627

摘要： Methods and apparatus for ensuring protection of transferred content. In one embodiment, content is transferred while enabling a network operator (e.g., MSO) to control and change rights and restrictions at any time, and irrespective of subsequent transfers. This is accomplished in one implementation by providing a premises device configured to receive content in a first encryption format and encodes using a first codec, with an ability to transcrypt and/or transcode the content into an encryption format and encoding format compatible with a device which requests the content therefrom (e.g., from PowerKey/MPEG-2 content to DRM/MPEG-4 content). The premises device uses the same content key to encrypt the content as is used by the requesting device to decrypt the content.

摘要翻译： 确保转让内容保护的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，传输内容，同时使网络运营商（例如，MSO）能够在任何时间控制和改变权限和限制，并且不管后续的转移。 这在一个实现中通过提供配置成以第一加密格式接收内容并且使用第一编解码器进行编码的前提设备来实现，该处理设备具有将内容进行转码和/或转码为加密格式的能力和/或将其转码为与设备兼容的加密格式和编码格式 从其请求内容（例如，从PowerKey / MPEG-2内容到DRM / MPEG-4内容）。 房屋设备使用相同的内容密钥来加密内容，就像请求设备用来解密内容一样。

公开(公告)号：US08566895B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-22

申请号：US12032036

申请日：2008-02-15

申请人： Scott W. Ramsdell ,  Chris A. Cholas

发明人： Scott W. Ramsdell ,  Chris A. Cholas

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L41/0813 ,  G06F8/65 ,  G06F11/3672 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/5054 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04N21/2408 ,  H04N21/26291 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/8453

摘要： A system for gradually implementing network services to end users includes substantially redundant first and second control networks, connectable to the end users through a routable communications network. The first control network provides a first service capability to all the end users. The second control network provides a second service capability to a first portion of the end users, the second service capability replacing the first service capability of the first portion of the end users. The second control network subsequently provides the second service capability to a second portion of the end users, while continuing to provide the second service capability to the first portion, the second service capability replacing the first service capability of the second portion of the end users. The second service capability provided to the second portion of the end users may include revisions based on feedback from the first portion of end users.

摘要翻译： 用于向终端用户逐渐实现网络服务的系统包括基本上冗余的第一和第二控制网络，可通过路由通信网络连接到最终用户。 第一控制网络向所有最终用户提供第一服务能力。 第二控制网络向最终用户的第一部分提供第二服务能力，第二服务能力替代最终用户的第一部分的第一服务能力。 第二控制网络随后向终端用户的第二部分提供第二服务能力，同时继续向第一部分提供第二服务能力，第二服务能力替代最终用户的第二部分的第一服务能力。 提供给最终用户的第二部分的第二服务能力可以包括基于来自终端用户的第一部分的反馈的修订。

公开(公告)号：US20130254423A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-26

申请号：US13427606

申请日：2012-03-22

申请人： Wesley E. George, IV

发明人： Wesley E. George, IV

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L61/1511 ,  H04L61/00 ,  H04L61/2514

摘要： A first request, to access a web site associated with a domain name, is obtained at a gateway router interposed between a local area network and an internet service provider's infrastructure, from a host on the local area network. The gateway router has Domain Name Service (DNS) resolver capability. The first request is received while the gateway router has upstream connectivity to the internet service provider's infrastructure via IPv6 but not via IPv4. Further steps include sending, from the gateway router, the first request; obtaining, at the gateway router, an indication that an IPv4 address will imminently be required for the gateway router; and, responsive to obtaining the indication, sending, from the gateway router, into the internet service provider's infrastructure, a second request, for an IPv4 address for the gateway router.

摘要翻译： 访问与域名相关联的网站的第一请求是从局域网上的主机在位于局域网和因特网服务提供商的基础设施之间的网关路由器处获得的。 网关路由器具有域名服务（DNS）解析器功能。 当网关路由器通过IPv6上游连接到互联网服务提供商的基础设施但不通过IPv4时，接收到第一个请求。 进一步的步骤包括从网关路由器发送第一请求; 在所述网关路由器处获取所述网关路由器将迫切需要IPv4地址的指示; 并且响应于获得所述指示，从所述网关路由器向所述网络服务提供商的基础设施发送针对所述网关路由器的IPv4地址的第二请求。

公开(公告)号：US08484634B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US12057419

申请日：2008-03-28

申请人： Aidan Ridley ,  Patrick Ladd ,  Labeeb Ismall

发明人： Aidan Ridley ,  Patrick Ladd ,  Labeeb Ismall

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F8/61

摘要： An application is signaled to a host device using descriptors incorporated into an application information table. Only applications intended for a certain host device are downloaded to that host device. The descriptors allow the host to identify applications that are addressed to the host based on attributes of the host. When addressing is performed at the level of an application, the application signaling is accomplished using a single application information table and the evaluation of logical parameters against selected host attributes to identify all of the applications addressed to the host. When addressing is performed at the level of a table, multiple tables are evaluated using logical parameters applied to selected host attributes to determine which table is addressed to the host. Addressing conflicts are resolved using priority measures assigned to selected host attributes.

摘要翻译： 使用并入应用信息表中的描述符将应用程序发信号通知主机设备。 仅适用于某个主机设备的应用程序才会下载到该主机设备。 描述符允许主机基于主机的属性来识别寻址到主机的应用程序。 当在应用层级执行寻址时，使用单个应用信息表和针对所选主机属性的逻辑参数的评估来实现应用信令，以识别寻址到主机的所有应用。 当在表的级别执行寻址时，使用应用于所选主机属性的逻辑参数来评估多个表，以确定哪个表寻址到主机。 使用分配给所选主机属性的优先级度量来解决寻址冲突。

公开(公告)号：US08458748B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US12763316

申请日：2010-04-20

申请人： Jay Thomas ,  Hugh Josephs ,  David Kimble ,  Patrick J. Donoghue

发明人： Jay Thomas ,  Hugh Josephs ,  David Kimble ,  Patrick J. Donoghue

IPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N5/44

CPC分类号： H04N5/4403 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/42208 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/42227 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N2005/4408 ,  H04N2005/4425 ,  H04N2005/443 ,  H04N2005/4439 ,  H04N2005/4444

摘要： A system and method for commanding a controlled device. An intelligent navigation server detects a transition from a current state of a remote control device. A context for transition is also determined. The current state, the new current state and the context are evaluated to select a set of commands appropriate to the context and the new current state. The selected commands determine behavior options for the controlled device. The set of selected commands are sent to the remote control device. Text and/or graphical data appropriate to the new current state may also be sent to the remote control device. The remote control device may generate display data based on the selected commands to provide one or more soft buttons linked to one or more of the selected commands. The remote control device may also display the text and/or graphical data.

公开(公告)号：US08438603B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US11615895

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Glen Hardin ,  Robert Benya ,  James Kasanin

发明人： Glen Hardin ,  Robert Benya ,  James Kasanin

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L65/4084 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/23106 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/60 ,  H04N21/816

摘要： Methods and apparatus for supporting content delivery service are described. In accordance with the invention content can be supplied to temporary storage of a regional or local server used to supply the content to a customer's premises when the requested content is not already available in the regional or local server. A content server hierarchy may be implemented with servers higher up in the hierarchy including more content, e.g., titles, than the number of titles stored in the lower level servers. By storing less frequently accessed content in servers higher in the hierarchy and frequently requested titles lower in the hierarchy, a vast number of titles can be supported without overburdening the storage available at local and regional servers. In addition, a national or other server high in the hierarchy can be used to store, move, and distribute local or other content as part of an on demand service.

摘要翻译： 描述用于支持内容传送服务的方法和装置。 根据本发明，当所请求的内容在区域或本地服务器中不可用时，内容可以被提供给用于将内容提供给客户的场所的区域或本地服务器的临时存储。 内容服务器层次结构可以用层次结构中较高的服务器来实现，包括比存储在较低级服务器中的标题数量更多的内容，例如标题。 通过将较不频繁访问的内容存储在层次结构中较高的服务器中，并且层次结构中经常请求的标题较低，可以支持大量标题，而不会对本地和区域服务器可用的存储负担过重。 另外，作为按需服务的一部分，可以使用层次结构较高的国家或其他服务器来存储，移动和分发本地或其他内容。

公开(公告)号：US08413181B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-02

申请号：US11955758

申请日：2007-12-13

申请人： Steve Riedl ,  Bryan Santangelo ,  Gabe Zimbelman

发明人： Steve Riedl ,  Bryan Santangelo ,  Gabe Zimbelman

IPC分类号： H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/025

CPC分类号： H04N21/251 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0255 ,  H04H60/73 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/26258

摘要： A cross-platform advertising system utilizes viewing data, browsing data, and telephone call data to establish subscriber account profile and, optionally, user profiles for users at the subscriber account. An ad selection processor selects ads based on subscriber account profile and, optionally, the user profile. An ad delivery processor delivers the selected ads to a device associated with the subscriber account.

摘要翻译： 跨平台广告系统利用观看数据，浏览数据和电话呼叫数据来建立用户帐户简档，以及可选地，在用户帐户处的用户的用户简档。 广告选择处理器基于订户帐户简档和可选地用户简档来选择广告。 广告传送处理器将所选广告传送到与用户帐户相关联的设备。

公开(公告)号：US20130074174A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-21

申请号：US13237678

申请日：2011-09-20

申请人： Shan Huang ,  Michael S. Kelsen ,  Ron Da Silva

发明人： Shan Huang ,  Michael S. Kelsen ,  Ron Da Silva

IPC分类号： G06F21/20

CPC分类号： H04L45/04 ,  H04L63/0227 ,  H04L63/0236

摘要： Packets are routed from at least one internet protocol (IP) address in accordance with border gateway protocol (BGP); while carrying out the routing in accordance with the border gateway protocol (BGP), at least one border gateway protocol (BGP) attribute associated with the at least one internet protocol (IP) address is noted. A firewall policy is applied to the packets from the at least one internet protocol (IP) address based on the at least one border gateway protocol (BGP) attribute associated with the at least one internet protocol (IP) address. Techniques may be implemented, for example, on a router or on a separate firewall device coupled to a router.

摘要翻译： 数据包根据边界网关协议（BGP）从至少一个互联网协议（IP）地址路由; 在根据边界网关协议（BGP）执行路由的同时，指出与所述至少一个因特网协议（IP）地址相关联的至少一个边界网关协议（BGP）属性。 基于与至少一个因特网协议（IP）地址相关联的至少一个边界网关协议（BGP）属性，将防火墙策略应用于来自所述至少一个因特网协议（IP）地址的分组。 技术可以例如在路由器上或耦合到路由器的单独的防火墙设备上实现。