WO2001091372A3 - Multicast distribution of pay-by-time streaming content - Google Patents

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WO2001091372A3
WO2001091372A3 PCT/US2001/012565 US0112565W WO0191372A3 WO 2001091372 A3 WO2001091372 A3 WO 2001091372A3 US 0112565 W US0112565 W US 0112565W WO 0191372 A3 WO0191372 A3 WO 0191372A3
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streaming content
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Petr Peterka
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Gen Instrument Corp
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Priority to AU2001257085A priority patent/AU2001257085B2/en
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4623—Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message]
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    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6106—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6125—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving transmission via Internet
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    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/64—Addressing
    • H04N21/6405—Multicasting
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/83—Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
    • H04N21/845—Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
    • H04N21/8456—Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
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    • H04N7/1675—Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence

Abstract

A method for receiving information content from an information distribution system, wherein the information content is divided into a plurality of content portions, the method comprising: subscribing to a multicast group representing at least one content portion; and determining, at the end of a content portion, whether to subscribe to another multicast group.
PCT/US2001/012565 2000-05-19 2001-04-17 Multicast distribution of pay-by-time streaming content WO2001091372A2 (en)

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AU5708501A AU5708501A (en) 2000-05-19 2001-04-17 Scalable pay-by-time technique for secure multicast distribution of streaming content
EP01930558A EP1282952A2 (en) 2000-05-19 2001-04-17 Multicast distribution of pay-by-time streaming content
CA2410191A CA2410191C (en) 2000-05-19 2001-04-17 Multicast distribution of pay-by-time streaming content
AU2001257085A AU2001257085B2 (en) 2000-05-19 2001-04-17 Multicast distribution of pay-by-time streaming content

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US09/802,421 US7310809B2 (en) 2000-05-19 2001-03-09 Scalable pay-by-time technique for secure multicast distribution of streaming content

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