Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method to distribute video-on-demand content
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Application No.: US12324262Application Date: 2008-11-26
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Publication No.: US08443411B2Publication Date: 2013-05-14
- Inventor: Andrew Gauld
- Applicant: Andrew Gauld
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173 ; H04N7/10

Abstract:
Method, system and computer-readable medium to distribute VOD content are disclosed. A method of displaying video content includes accessing an association table for video-on-demand (VOD) content. The association table includes a first segment entry associated with a first video segment of a first length and a second segment entry associated with a second video segment of a second length that is longer than the first length. The first segment entry includes a first multicast group ID and the second segment entry includes a second multicast group ID. The method further includes receiving the first video segment via the first multicast group ID, displaying the received first video segment, and receiving the second video segment via the second multicast group ID within a period of time of displaying the first video segment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100131996A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND CONTENT Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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