Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Strategies for integrating plural modes of content delivery
- Patent Title (中): 整合多种内容传送模式的策略
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Application No.: US11548257Application Date: 2006-10-10
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Publication No.: US08775656B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Gagan Arora , Prasad V. R. Panchangam
- Applicant: Gagan Arora , Prasad V. R. Panchangam
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Micah P. Goldsmith; Glen Johnson; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445
Abstract:
A hybrid system is described which allows an Internet Protocol (IP) set-top box to receive broadcast media content from a broadcast delivery infrastructure and on-demand media content from an IP delivery infrastructure. The broadcast delivery infrastructure can generate a quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) signal, while the IP delivery infrastructure can generate an IP-based signal. The system uses a format converter to convert the QAM signal into a rights-protected signal expressed in an IP-compatible format. The format converter can be implemented as an OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver (OCUR) device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080086569A1 Strategies for Integrating Plural Modes of Content Delivery Public/Granted day:2008-04-10
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