公开(公告)号：US20100023842A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-28

申请号：US12342174

申请日：2008-12-23

申请人： Timothy J. Rahrer ,  Emre Gunduzhan ,  Martin Jan Soukup

发明人： Timothy J. Rahrer ,  Emre Gunduzhan ,  Martin Jan Soukup

IPC分类号： H03M13/05 ,  G06F11/10

CPC分类号： H04L1/0009 ,  H03M13/3761 ,  H04L1/0025 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04N19/117 ,  H04N21/2404 ,  H04N21/631 ,  H04N21/6473

摘要： A method for providing error correction of media packets. Service nodes associated with a core network segment use a first error correction process, and service nodes associated with an access network segment use a second error correction process. Service nodes associated with a local network segment may use a third error correction process. The present invention utilizes different error correction processes on different network segments as appropriate. Service nodes may receive indicators from monitoring agents that error correction is insufficient and, in response, a service node may increase an amount of error correction associated with a network segment. Media packets may be interleaved in a forward error correction (FEC) block in a manner that increases an amount of packet recovery.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提供媒体分组的纠错的方法。 与核心网段相关联的服务节点使用第一纠错过程，并且与接入网段相关联的服务节点使用第二纠错过程。 与本地网段相关联的服务节点可以使用第三纠错过程。 本发明适用于不同网段上的不同纠错处理。 服务节点可以从监视代理接收错误校正不足的指示符，并且作为响应，服务节点可以增加与网段相关联的纠错量。 媒体分组可以以增加分组恢复量的方式在前向纠错（FEC）块中进行交织。

公开(公告)号：US20080154780A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11615754

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Anoop Nannra ,  Martin Meier

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Anoop Nannra ,  Martin Meier

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L63/104 ,  G06F21/10 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L2463/101

摘要： A rights management technique allows user terminals to share usage rights that are necessary for accessing associated media content, while ensuring that the media content is not accessed in violation of the usage rights. A content provider may deliver the media content and the associated usage rights to a first user terminal. The usage rights may be sharable as well as divisible. The first user terminal will account for all or that portion of the usage rights that are subsequently transferred, and may retain any remaining usage rights. The first user terminal may transfer all or a portion of any usage rights at the first user terminal to a second user terminal, wherein the transferred usage rights allow the second user terminal to access the media content. The second user terminal may also transfer the usage rights, and perhaps the media content, to other user terminals.

摘要翻译： 权限管理技术允许用户终端共享访问相关联的媒体内容所需的使用权限，同时确保不违反使用权限访问媒体内容。 内容提供商可以向第一用户终端传送媒体内容和相关联的使用权限。 使用权可能是可共享的，也可以是可分割的。 第一个用户终端将计算随后传输的所有或部分使用权限，并且可以保留任何剩余的使用权限。 第一用户终端可以将第一用户终端处的任何使用权限的全部或一部分传送到第二用户终端，其中传送的使用权允许第二用户终端访问媒体内容。 第二用户终端还可以将使用权利或者媒体内容传送到其他用户终端。

公开(公告)号：US20080159141A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US11617189

申请日：2006-12-28

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Martin Meier ,  Anoop Nannra

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Martin Meier ,  Anoop Nannra

IPC分类号： G01R31/08

CPC分类号： H04L65/4076 ,  H04L12/1868 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L45/28 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L47/15 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1008 ,  H04L67/1029 ,  H04L67/1034 ,  H04L67/28

摘要： A load balancer is capable of receiving and identifying multicast streams associated with a multicast session, and selecting at least one of the multicast streams for delivery to a selected stream processor. The selected stream processor is selected from a group of stream processors that are capable of providing the Layer 4-7 processing required for the multicast stream. The load balancer will monitor the processed multicast stream provided by the output of the selected stream processor, and send the processed multicast stream toward its destination. The load balancer can detect a failure in the selected stream processor by monitoring the output of the selected stream processor. If there is a failure of the selected stream processor, the load balancer will select another stream processor for processing the multicast stream, and redirect the multicast stream from the failed stream processor to the selected stream processor, wherein the process continues.

摘要翻译： 负载平衡器能够接收和识别与多播会话相关联的多播流，并且选择至少一个多播流以传送到所选择的流处理器。 从能够提供多播流所需的层4-7处理的一组流处理器中选择所选流处理器。 负载平衡器将监视由所选流处理器的输出提供的经处理的多播流，并将处理的多播流发送到其目的地。 负载平衡器可以通过监视所选流处理器的输出来检测所选流处理器中的故障。 如果所选择的流处理器出现故障，负载平衡器将选择另一个流处理器来处理多播流，并将组播流从故障流处理器重定向到所选流处理器，其中该过程继续。

公开(公告)号：US20080154775A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11615706

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04N7/1675 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F2221/2143 ,  G11B20/0021 ,  G11B20/00224 ,  G11B2020/10537 ,  H04L63/0464 ,  H04L2463/101 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/23473 ,  H04N21/47202

摘要： The present invention re-encrypts encrypted content on a Video-on Demand (VoD) system. A device on the VoD system, such as a server, obtains the encrypted version of the content on the VoD system and the key, the first key, that was used to encrypt that version. The server decrypts the encrypted content using that key, re-encrypts the decrypted content using a second key, and provides the re-encrypted content to the VoD system, which provides it to a user. The server then deletes from its files any other version of the content, including any unencrypted, decrypted and re-encrypted version, and all keys, including the first and second key.

摘要翻译： 本发明在视频点播（VoD）系统上重新加密加密的内容。 VoD系统上的设备（如服务器）获取VoD系统上的内容的加密版本以及用于加密该版本的密钥（第一个密钥）。 服务器使用该密钥解密加密的内容，使用第二密钥重新加密解密的内容，并将重新加密的内容提供给将其提供给用户的VoD系统。 然后，服务器从其文件中删除任何其他版本的内容，包括任何未加密，解密和重新加密的版本以及所有密钥，包括第一个和第二个密钥。

公开(公告)号：US08645990B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US11615628

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Dominic Goodwill ,  Martin Meier

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Dominic Goodwill ,  Martin Meier

IPC分类号： H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/025

CPC分类号： H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： Subscribers request programs from a network based content server and view the requested programs via their customer equipment. The content server receives various programs and breaks the program content for each program into a sequence of program segments, which are logically linked by program association indicia. The content server also receives advertisements and stores the advertisements as advertising segments, which generally contain at least one complete advertisement, but the invention is not limited thereto. Upon receiving a program request from a subscriber, the content server will identify advertising segments to provide along with the program segments for the requested program, and where to place the advertising segments among the program segments. Next, the content server will generate composite association indicia identifying the sequence of program and advertising segments, and effect delivery of the program and advertising segments to the subscriber in the sequence defined by the composite association indicia.

摘要翻译： 用户从基于网络的内容服务器请求节目，并通过其客户设备查看所请求的节目。 内容服务器接收各种程序，并将每个程序的程序内容分成程序段序列，程序段通过程序关联标记逻辑关联。 内容服务器还接收广告并将广告存储为广告段，其通常包含至少一个完整的广告，但是本发明不限于此。 在接收到来自用户的程序请求时，内容服务器将识别广告片段以便与所请求节目的节目片段一起提供，以及将节目片段放置在哪里。 接下来，内容服务器将生成标识程序和广告段的顺序的复合关联标记，并且按照由复合关联标记定义的顺序，将程序和广告段传递给用户。

公开(公告)号：US20080155590A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11615628

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Dominic Goodwill ,  Martin Meier

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Dominic Goodwill ,  Martin Meier

IPC分类号： H04N7/10

CPC分类号： H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： Subscribers request programs from a network based content server and view the requested programs via their customer equipment. The content server receives various programs and breaks the program content for each program into a sequence of program segments, which are logically linked by program association indicia. The content server also receives advertisements and stores the advertisements as advertising segments, which generally contain at least one complete advertisement, but the invention is not limited thereto. Upon receiving a program request from a subscriber, the content server will identify advertising segments to provide along with the program segments for the requested program, and where to place the advertising segments among the program segments. Next, the content server will generate composite association indicia identifying the sequence of program and advertising segments, and effect delivery of the program and advertising segments to the subscriber in the sequence defined by the composite association indicia.

摘要翻译： 用户从基于网络的内容服务器请求节目，并通过其客户设备查看所请求的节目。 内容服务器接收各种程序，并将每个程序的程序内容分成程序段序列，程序段通过程序关联标记逻辑关联。 内容服务器还接收广告并将广告存储为广告段，其通常包含至少一个完整的广告，但是本发明不限于此。 在接收到来自用户的程序请求时，内容服务器将识别广告片段以便与所请求节目的节目片段一起提供，以及将节目片段放置在哪里。 接下来，内容服务器将生成标识程序和广告段的顺序的复合关联标记，并且按照由复合关联标记定义的顺序，将程序和广告段传递给用户。

公开(公告)号：US08401086B1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-19

申请号：US12341537

申请日：2008-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Chris McEvilly

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Chris McEvilly

IPC分类号： H04N7/12

CPC分类号： H04N21/64322 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N21/4384

摘要： In a streaming media environment in which multiple channels of media content are available, the present invention reduces the time interval between a user requesting a new channel and the media content of the requested channel being made available to the user.

摘要翻译： 在多媒体内容可用的流媒体环境中，本发明减少了请求新频道的用户和所请求频道的媒体内容对用户可用的时间间隔。

公开(公告)号：US08341218B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US13334375

申请日：2011-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Gregory Hughes ,  Michael Heffernan

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Gregory Hughes ,  Michael Heffernan

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/16 ,  G06F9/541 ,  G06F9/547 ,  H04L67/42

摘要： A technique for enabling a plurality of software components to communicate in a software component matrix environment is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by a method for enabling a plurality of software components to communicate in a software component matrix environment comprising the steps of encoding a request at a client side; communicating the request to a server at a server side via a communication interface; comparing the request to a plurality of operations supported at the server side; determining whether a function match exists at the server side; and returning a response comprising the function match to the client side in response to the request via the communication interface wherein the response is mapped to a data model of a client.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种使多个软件组件能够在软件组件矩阵环境中进行通信的技术。 在一个特定示例性实施例中，该技术可以通过使多个软件组件能够在软件组件矩阵环境中进行通信的方法来实现，该方法包括以下步骤：在客户端侧对请求进行编码; 通过通信接口将请求传送到服务器端的服务器; 将所述请求与在所述服务器侧支持的多个操作进行比较; 确定服务器端是否存在功能匹配; 以及响应于经由所述通信接口的所述请求，将包括所述功能匹配的响应返回给所述客户端，其中所述响应被映射到客户端的数据模型。

公开(公告)号：US20080155628A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11615662

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Anoop Nannra

发明人： Martin Jan Soukup ,  Anoop Nannra

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/25816 ,  G06F16/748 ,  G06F16/78 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/4183 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/816 ,  H04N21/8352 ,  H04N21/8455 ,  H04N21/8456 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： The present invention provides a hyperlinking convention for Internet Protocol (IP) Television (TV) program content. A hyperlink comprises a resource identifier that identifies a location of the program content, and an index to a content segment within the program content. The content segment corresponds to a portion of the program content that is not directly addressable using a resource identifier from a defined content source at which the program content is stored. When user equipment receives the hyperlink, a user may select the hyperlink, and a request is routed based on the resource identifier to a content server where the program content is stored. The content server uses the resource identifier and the index to identify the content segment. The content server accesses the program content based on the resource identifier and selects the content segment based on the index. The content server sends the content segment to the user equipment in response to the request.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于因特网协议（IP）电视（TV）节目内容的超链接约定。 超链接包括识别节目内容的位置的资源标识符以及节目内容内的内容片段的索引。 内容片段对应于使用来自存储节目内容的定义的内容源的资源标识符不能直接寻址的节目内容的一部分。 当用户设备接收超链接时，用户可以选择超链接，并且将基于资源标识符的请求路由到存储节目内容的内容服务器。 内容服务器使用资源标识符和索引来标识内容段。 内容服务器基于资源标识符访问节目内容，并根据索引选择内容片段。 内容服务器根据请求将内容段发送给用户设备。