公开(公告)号：US07466985B1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-16

申请号：US11241145

申请日：2005-09-30

申请人： Martin Ridgway Handforth ,  Anoop Nannra ,  John Stankus ,  Larry Marcanti ,  Brian Vezza

发明人： Martin Ridgway Handforth ,  Anoop Nannra ,  John Stankus ,  Larry Marcanti ,  Brian Vezza

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W72/08 ,  H04W84/047 ,  H04W92/12 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/22

摘要： A network element is configured to implement scheduled high-power Point-To-Point (PTP) and low-power Point-To-MultiPoint (TMP) transmissions. The high-power PTP and low-power PTMP transmissions may be scheduled as bursts on an 802.16 network to occur in both the downlink subframe and uplink subframe on a given frequency channel in the wireless network. The use of an air interface for both types of communications allows the PTP and PTMP communications to be scheduled relative to each other in a unified manner to increase quality of service and minimize interference between the backhaul PTP and access PTMP networks, even though the PTP and PTMP communications take place on the same channel using the same underlying wireless technology. Buffers may be used to store data received in a PTP downlink burst prior to transmission in a PTMP downlink burst, and may be used to store data received in an uplink PTMP burst prior to transmission in an uplink PTP burst.

摘要翻译： 网元被配置为实现调度的高功率点对点（PTP）和低功率点到多点（TMP）传输。 高功率PTP和低功率PTMP传输可以被调度为802.16网络上的突发，以在无线网络中的给定频率信道上的下行链路子帧和上行链路子帧中发生。 对于两种类型的通信使用空中接口允许以统一的方式相对于彼此进行调度，以增加服务质量并最小化回程PTP和接入PTMP网络之间的干扰，即使PTP和 PTMP通信使用相同的底层无线技术在相同的信道上进行。 缓冲器可以用于存储在PTMP下行链路突发中传输之前在PTP下行链路突发中接收的数据，并且可以用于在上行链路PTP突发中传输之前存储在上行链路PTMP突发中接收的数据。

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。

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：US20080109857A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11556898

申请日：2006-11-06

申请人： Dominic Goodwill ,  Anoop Nannra ,  Imed Frigui

发明人： Dominic Goodwill ,  Anoop Nannra ,  Imed Frigui

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/2625 ,  H04N21/26275 ,  H04N21/631 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： The present invention provides a network based time-shifting architecture where broadcast content is replicated and delivered toward subscribers at different times in different content streams. In operation, a content source delivers unshifted content over a network to a media server, which replicates the unshifted content to provide multiple content blocks. Each content block represents a time-shifted content block of the unshifted content, and as such each time-shifted content block will have essentially the same content. At different times, each time-shifted content block is delivered over a transmission network toward the same or different subscribers. In one embodiment, the time-shifted content blocks are delivered directly or through an encryption function to a multicast server, which controls delivery of the different time-shifted content blocks to television clients of the subscribers.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种基于网络的时移架构，其中广播内容在不同内容流中的不同时间被复制和递送给订户。 在操作中，内容源将网络上的未移动内容传送到媒体服务器，该媒体服务器复制未移动内容以提供多个内容块。 每个内容块表示未移动内容的时移内容块，并且因此每个时移内容块将具有基本相同的内容。 在不同的时间，每个时移的内容块通过传输网络传送到相同或不同的用户。 在一个实施例中，将时间偏移的内容块直接地或通过加密功能传送到组播服务器，多播服务器控制不同时移内容块向用户的电视客户端的传送。

公开(公告)号：US07530089B1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-05

申请号：US10812264

申请日：2004-03-29

申请人： Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

发明人： Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N11/02

CPC分类号： H04N21/4621 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/44004 ,  H04N21/440281 ,  H04N21/6375

摘要： A system providing video data in which a constant bit rate data stream is provided between a video source and a video destination, and has a fixed data rate exceeding a predetermined minimum display rate associated with the video destination. Video data is conveyed from the video source to the video destination at the data rate, and is processed for display at the video destination at a varying display rate, between a minimum rate and a maximum rate. The minimum video data display rate at the video destination is less than the fixed data rate of the stream between the video source and the video destination, and excess received video data is stored in buffers in the video destination. Display of the received video data by a display device at the video destination is delayed from when the video data is received by a delay period, allowing buffers at the video destination to fill with video data. When display of the data is initiated, using the buffered video data, the video quality of the display can be improved, incorrectly received or missing frames can be retransmitted and received, and/or a fast forward function can be supported.

摘要翻译： 提供视频数据的系统，其中在视频源和视频目的地之间提供恒定比特率数据流，并且具有超过与视频目的地相关联的预定最小显示速率的固定数据速率。 视频数据以数据速率从视频源传送到视频目的地，并且以最小速率和最大速率之间的变化的显示速率被处理以在视频目的地显示。 视频目的地的最小视频数据显示速率小于视频源和视频目的地之间的流的固定数据速率，并且多余的接收到的视频数据被存储在视频目的地的缓冲器中。 视频目的地的显示装置对接收到的视频数据的显示从视频数据被接收延迟时段延迟，允许视频目的地的缓冲器填充视频数据。 当启动数据的显示时，使用缓冲的视频数据，可以改善显示的视频质量，不正确地接收或丢失可以重发和接收的帧，和/或可以支持快进功能。

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：US20070058645A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-15

申请号：US11200603

申请日：2005-08-10

申请人： Anoop Nannra ,  Andrew Timms ,  Hasler Hayes ,  John Watkins

发明人： Anoop Nannra ,  Andrew Timms ,  Hasler Hayes ,  John Watkins

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L41/046 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L67/28 ,  H04L67/2838 ,  H04L67/289 ,  H04L67/322

摘要： The present invention provides a customer service gateway acting as an interface between various customer premise equipment for a customer and a local access network. The customer service gateway has one or more customer agents and network agents. A network agent is a secure and trusted agent of the service providers, and is not accessible by the customer or the customer premise equipment for manipulation. The customer service gateway may support different types of services using different types of media from the different service providers. In operation, the service providers may sent applications to a network agent, which will run the applications to implement functions to monitor or control services or service flows for the services. The monitoring and control functions may be used to implement various types of service or service flow analysis, as well as any type of tagging, characterization, or processing of the service flows.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了作为用于客户和本地接入网络的各种客户驻地设备之间的接口的客户服务网关。 客户服务网关具有一个或多个客户代理和网络代理。 网络代理是服务提供商的安全和可靠的代理，客户或客户驻地设备无法操作。 客户服务网关可以使用来自不同服务提供商的不同类型的媒体来支持不同类型的服务。 在操作中，服务提供商可以向网络代理发送应用程序，网络代理将运行应用程序来实现监视或控制服务的服务或服务流的功能。 监控和控制功能可用于实现各种类型的服务或服务流分析，以及服务流的任何类型的标记，表征或处理。

公开(公告)号：US08655957B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US11014509

申请日：2004-12-16

申请人： Guy Duxbury ,  Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

发明人： Guy Duxbury ,  Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/58

CPC分类号： H04L12/585 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04L51/34 ,  H04L63/126 ,  H04L63/1466

摘要： A system and method for preventing e-mail spoofing, in which a receiving e-mail checking server system sends a message to a confirmation server associated with a network domain of the sending system of a received e-mail message, to determine if the sender transmitted the message. The e-mail checking server sends a confirmation request e-mail, including a transmission time or unique message “key” associated with the received e-mail, to the sending domain's confirmation server. When a confirmation request is received at the confirmation server, it replies with an indication whether the message was sent at the time indicated in the confirmation request, and/or whether the message key matches that of a previously transmitted message. The confirmation server checks whether the message was in fact sent based on stored values corresponding to the send time and/or message key stored for the confirmation request message. A message may further include indication that its origin can be confirmed. A receiver may maintain indications of domains capable of confirming sent e-mail messages, and determine a problem has occurred if no confirmations are received from a domain having that capability. An e-mail sender may mark domains from which it expects to receive e-mail confirmation requests, and determine a problem has occurred if e-mail messages sent to such domains fail to send confirmation requests.

摘要翻译： 一种用于防止电子邮件欺骗的系统和方法，其中接收电子邮件检查服务器系统向与所接收的电子邮件消息的发送系统的网络域相关联的确认服务器发送消息，以确定发送者是否 发送消息。 电子邮件检查服务器向发送域的确认服务器发送包括与所接收的电子邮件相关联的发送时间或唯一消息“密钥”的确认请求电子邮件。 当在确认服务器处接收到确认请求时，它以指示是否在确认请求中指示的时间发送消息和/或消息密钥是否与先前发送的消息的消息密钥相一致的指示进行回复。 确认服务器根据与确认请求消息存储的发送时间和/或消息密钥相对应的存储值来检查消息是否事实上发送。 消息还可以包括可以确认其起源的指示。 接收机可以维护能够确认发送的电子邮件消息的域的指示，并且如果没有从具有该能力的域接收到确认，则确定出现问题。 电子邮件发件人可以标记期望接收电子邮件确认请求的域，并且如果发送到这些域的电子邮件发送确认请求，则确定发生问题。

公开(公告)号：US20060168028A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-27

申请号：US11014509

申请日：2004-12-16

申请人： Guy Duxbury ,  Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

发明人： Guy Duxbury ,  Hasler Hayes ,  Anoop Nannra

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/585 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04L51/34 ,  H04L63/126 ,  H04L63/1466

摘要： A system and method for preventing e-mail spoofing, in which a receiving e-mail checking server system sends a message to a confirmation server associated with a network domain of the sending system of a received e-mail message, to determine if the sender transmitted the message. The e-mail checking server sends a confirmation request e-mail, including a transmission time or unique message “key” associated with the received e-mail, to the sending domain's confirmation server. When a confirmation request is received at the confirmation server, it replies with an indication whether the message was sent at the time indicated in the confirmation request, and/or whether the message key matches that of a previously transmitted message. The confirmation server checks whether the message was in fact sent based on stored values corresponding to the send time and/or message key stored for the confirmation request message. A message may further include indication that its origin can be confirmed. A receiver may maintain indications of domains capable of confirming sent e-mail messages, and determine a problem has occurred if no confirmations are received from a domain having that capability. An e-mail sender may mark domains from which it expects to receive e-mail confirmation requests, and determine a problem has occurred if e-mail messages sent to such domains fail to send confirmation requests.

摘要翻译： 一种用于防止电子邮件欺骗的系统和方法，其中接收电子邮件检查服务器系统向与所接收的电子邮件消息的发送系统的网络域相关联的确认服务器发送消息，以确定发送者是否 发送消息。 电子邮件检查服务器向发送域的确认服务器发送包括与所接收的电子邮件相关联的发送时间或唯一消息“密钥”的确认请求电子邮件。 当在确认服务器处接收到确认请求时，它以指示是否在确认请求中指示的时间发送消息和/或消息密钥是否与先前发送的消息的消息密钥相一致的指示进行回复。 确认服务器根据与确认请求消息存储的发送时间和/或消息密钥相对应的存储值来检查消息是否事实上发送。 消息还可以包括可以确认其起源的指示。 接收机可以维护能够确认发送的电子邮件消息的域的指示，并且如果没有从具有该能力的域接收到确认，则确定出现问题。 电子邮件发件人可以标记期望接收电子邮件确认请求的域，并且如果发送到这些域的电子邮件发送确认请求，则确定发生问题。