Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined broadcast and backchannel delivery of streaming content
- Patent Title (中): 流媒体内容的组合广播和反向通道传送
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Application No.: US12259852Application Date: 2008-10-28
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Publication No.: US09100585B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Payton R. White , Stephen C. Detwiler , Gary M. Zalewski
- Applicant: Payton R. White , Stephen C. Detwiler , Gary M. Zalewski
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: JDI Patent
- Agent Joshua D. Isenberg
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04N7/24 ; H04N7/52 ; H04N7/54 ; G06F15/173

Abstract:
Streaming content may be delivered through a combination of broadcast and a backchannel. Related apparatus and methods for receiving and distributing streaming content are described. A receiving device may receive a packet of information in the form of a broadcast signal from a broadcast source. The packet of information may contain one or more streamlets and a table of contents associated with the streamlets. A desired streamlet may be selected from the packet of information and presented with a display. A remainder of a data stream associated with the streamlet may be requested and received from via a backchannel while the desired streamlet is being presented. The remaining data stream may then be presented with the display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100106847A1 COMBINED BROADCAST AND BACKCHANNEL DELIVERY OF STREAMING CONTENT Public/Granted day:2010-04-29
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