Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and devices for reducing bandwidth consumption in multimedia distribution systems
- Patent Title (中): 减少多媒体分发系统带宽消耗的方法，系统和设备
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Application No.: US10944230Application Date: 2004-09-17
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Publication No.: US08640159B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: David Steading
- Applicant: David Steading
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N7/16
- IPC: H04N7/16 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N7/173
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for reducing bandwidth consumption in a switched broadcast multimedia distribution system. When a subscriber requests a channel, bandwidth is allocated to deliver a current program to the subscriber via the requested channel. The allocated bandwidth is then terminated upon expiration of a timer. The timer may have a defined value, or the timer may correspond to program scheduling.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060064729A1 Methods, systems, and devices for reducing bandwidth consumption in multimedia distribution systems Public/Granted day:2006-03-23
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