Aggregated program guide for download and view video on demand service
    3.
    发明申请
    Aggregated program guide for download and view video on demand service 审中-公开
    综合节目指南,用于下载和查看视频点播服务

    公开(公告)号:US20060085826A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-20

    申请号:US10968232

    申请日:2004-10-18

    摘要: An aggregated program guide contains entries of programs available for downloading and viewing including details such as network location of the programs and download status. The guide further contains information about viewing rights and is made available for download from a network server different from content servers on which the programs are available for download.

    摘要翻译: 聚合的节目指南包含可用于下载和查看的节目的条目,包括节目的网络位置和下载状态等细节。 该指南还包含有关查看权限的信息,并可从不同于可在其上下载程序的内容服务器的网络服务器下载。

    Method and apparatus for download and storage of content
    6.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for download and storage of content 审中-公开
    用于下载和存储内容的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060085441A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-20

    申请号:US10968227

    申请日:2004-10-18

    IPC分类号: G06F7/00

    CPC分类号: H04L67/306 G06F16/9574

    摘要: Multimedia content, including user requested programs, advertisements, electronic program guide and other content deemed to be of interest to a user to a client device is downloaded and stored on a client device on the basis of storage space availability for logical group(s) to which the content belongs. Such content may be speculatively downloaded and an indication of immediate availability for viewing provided to the user.

    摘要翻译: 多媒体内容,包括用户请求的节目,广告,电子节目指南和用户对客户端设备感兴趣的其他内容,根据逻辑组的存储空间可用性被下载并存储在客户端设备上 内容所属的。 可以推测性地下载这样的内容,并且向用户提供用于查看的即时可用性的指示。

    Method and apparatus for content download
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for content download 审中-公开
    内容下载的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060095854A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-04

    申请号:US10968224

    申请日:2004-10-18

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus is provided to send information to a video-on-demand (VOD) server. A VOD client device retrieves this information and performs download of multimedia content using this information for subsequent viewing. In one embodiment, this information is provided to the VOD server by a content server upon a user's request made from a computer system other than the VOD client device. In another embodiment, this information is provided to the VOD server by a user's computer system other than the VOD client device; such information having been obtained by the user's computer system from the content server.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种向视频点播(VOD)服务器发送信息的方法和装置。 VOD客户端设备检索该信息并使用该信息执行多媒体内容的下载以供后续查看。 在一个实施例中,根据用户从除VOD客户端设备之外的计算机系统发出的请求,内容服务器将该信息提供给VOD服务器。 在另一个实施例中,该信息由除了VOD客户端设备之外的用户计算机系统提供给VOD服务器; 这些信息是由用户的计算机系统从内容服务器获得的。