CA2342906A1 - Method and apparatus for processing variable bit rate information in an information distribution system - Google Patents

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CA2342906A1
CA2342906A1 CA002342906A CA2342906A CA2342906A1 CA 2342906 A1 CA2342906 A1 CA 2342906A1 CA 002342906 A CA002342906 A CA 002342906A CA 2342906 A CA2342906 A CA 2342906A CA 2342906 A1 CA2342906 A1 CA 2342906A1
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
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A method and apparatus for managing both link and disk bandwidth utilization within the context of a multiple subscriber or user information distribution system by selectively providing variable bitrate and constant low bitrate information streams to one or more subscribers.
CA002342906A 1998-09-03 1999-09-01 Method and apparatus for processing variable bit rate information in an information distribution system Expired - Lifetime CA2342906C (en)

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