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Suggest corrections. License type Freeware 1. Author's homepage Visit the author's site. In the hybrid system embodiment, control information and selected programming is delivered via the digital link, but the initial programming is received over the existing coaxial connection.
At that point the video server begins to feed from the buffer. In the dual channel embodiment, a dedicated digital circuit is added to the existing analog circuit. The present invention may also be implemented using wireless communication to transmit and receive both control information and programming. Alternatively, wireless technology may be used to transmit control information or programming in conjunction with landlines.
Thus, control information may be transmitted wirelessly, while programming is transmitted over a digital or an analog channel, or the programming may be transmitted wirelessly while the control information travels over digital or analog landlines. The system of the present invention is independent of any particular technology for implementing the Local Control Unit and Remote Control or the Local Video Buffer.
The system is also independent of any particular technology for making physical copies of the video from the Subscriber Video Scrapbook. The system of the present invention further includes a method for determining the amount of and paying any royalties due to content providers.
The system of the present invention further includes a method for determining which copyright holders have agreed to allow their programming to be restarted, replayed, recorded or otherwise reused. Turning now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals identify similar or identical elements throughout the several views, FIG.
Referring to FIG. The Video Server [] 2. Optionally, all programs may be transmitted to the Local Control Unit 2. The Video Server 2. Using the Remote Control 2. Alternatively, additional subscriber interfaces may be provided, for example, a voice activated interface or a touch sensitive graphical user interface such as a touch screen display in order to initiate subscriber requests.
The Video Buffer [] 2. If the Video Buffer 2. Additional subscriber interfaces may also be provided as noted above. For example, a voice activated interface or a touch sensitive graphical user interface such as a touch screen display in order to initiate subscriber requests.
For example, when the subscriber presses a dedicated push button on the Remote Control 2. The Communication Link 2. The Local Control Unit 2. The subscriber request may include, for example, data identifying the subscriber, billing information, the current program being viewed by the subscriber and the desired command, in this case the RESTART command. In the instance where the subscriber presses a dedicated button on the Local Control Unit 2.
Meanwhile, the Video Server [] 2. The program is transferred from the Video Server 2. Optionally, the Video Server 2. Using the Subscriber Video Scrapbook 2. The indexes and pointers are stored in the Video Scrapbook Index 2. It is not necessary to physically store programs in the Subscriber Video Scrapbook 2. Additionally, the Subscriber Order Database 2. Referring now to FIG.
If the signal from a Video Source 2. If the signal is already a digital signal, it is passed directly to the Compress function 2. The Compress function 2. Digital signals that are received in compressed form are passed directly to the Store Video function [] 2. The Store Video function 2. Video may be moved from the high-speed storage 2. The high-speed storage 2. Optionally, additional layers of progressively slower and cheaper storage may be added to the system.
The high-speed storage area 2. Within each channel, each program from 1 to n is organized as a series of frames from 1 to n, with 1 representing the first frame of a program and n representing the last or current frame being received. Throughout the life cycle of a program, its location is maintained in Indices 2.
From a systems standpoint, the Input Module or Modules [] 2. Considered from the standpoint of the currency of the video, storage area 2. Storage area 2. Optionally, the task of managing storage by moving video from the high-speed storage area to progressively slower and cheaper storage could be accomplished by a separate Storage Management function.
Turning now to the functioning of the Output Module [] 2. In the case of a command to REPLAY a previously broadcast program, the program may be selected by channel and time, or it may be selected from a schedule or menu by name. Optionally, the Output Module [] 2. Such a verification step may be accomplished in a number of ways, including checking copyright holder information from a header or label of each program as it is received against a list of copyright holders who have agreed to allow their content to be RESTARTED, REPLAYED or otherwise reused, or by including reuse information directly in the header or label of each program.
Because the Input Module 2. Instead of recording the actual contents of Frame 2 , the Record Module 2. The location of Frame 2 is recorded in the index for Subscriber 1 , which is denoted by reference numeral 2. As the Record Module 2. In the same way, other Subscribers may be recording the same program at the same time. Because the system is recording the locations of frames instead of the frames themselves, the system only needs to maintain one copy of every program in the Video Buffer 2.
The Local Video Buffer 2. In all other respects, the functioning of the embodiment depicted in FIG. With reference now to FIG. This embodiment incorporates all of the functions of the FIGS. The additional analog channel allows the subscriber to receive and select all broadcast channels at the home in the same way that CATV subscribers receive and select channels using the prior art.
In cases where the Local Video Buffer 2. In that case, the digital data link may optionally be employed to send control information back and forth between the Video Server 2. In all other respects, the functions provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. With reference to FIG. At the same time, the signals are multiplexed and transmitted over the analog circuit to Local Control Unit 2. The Channel Select function 2. The Encode function 2. But, because the system is recording the new channel in the Video Buffer 2.
Optionally, all programs may be transmitted from the Video Buffer 2. Orders and other control information may be transmitted from the Local Control Unit 2. Requests for programs can be filled either directly from the Video On Demand Source 2.
The addition of archival storage and an index into the archive allows the system to continue to store programs after they have been deleted from the Video Buffer 2. In addition, archived programming from all intermediate video suppliers can be searched and viewed by any subscriber of any intermediate video supplier.
With reference now to FIGS. The Programming Database 2. The Create and Maintain Subscriber Account [] 1. The Process Subscriber Orders [] 2. All system functions are available through this process, including selecting programs to view and record from the Programming Database 2.
These programs can be programs currently being broadcast, previously broadcast or scheduled for future broadcast. For programs being broadcast or scheduled for future broadcast, the Video Server 2.
For programs that have already been broadcast, the Video Server 2. If the system includes a Local Video Buffer 2. In order to make room for new programs in the Video Buffer 2. As programs are stored in the Program Archive 2. The Record, Edit and Playback 4. Video from either the Video Buffer 2. The table of indices and pointers in the Video Scrapbook Index 2.
All other virtual VCR functions, e. When the program is deleted from the Video Buffer 2. If the program is moved to the,Program Archive 2. This method of implementing the Subscriber Video Scrapbook 2. One copy of all programming is stored in the Video Buffer 2. The Remit Royalty Payments [] 5. Table 1 lists and further describes the Components and Functions of the invention. A physical video recording device that stores video on a tape cassette Virtual VCR Provides all of the functions of a physical Video Cassette Recorder without the actual physical apparatus.
This function frees up storage in the Video Buffer. Programs are stored either in analog form, as a digitized version of the entire analog signal received by the Local Control Unit, or as a digitized version of the analog signal.
Provides a basis for making royalty payments to content copyright holders. This system provides many advantages over traditional or proposed methodologies. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the system and processes of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover all modifications and variations of the invention within the scope of the appended claims. What is claimed is: 1. A system for providing broadcast programming to subscriber locations, the system comprising: an intermediate video supplier which includes a video buffer and a video server that processes received subscriber requests and retrieves, according to the received subscriber requests, either of currently broadcast programming or broadcast programming previously buffered in the video buffer by the video server;.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the video server, the video buffer and the local control unit are configured to process a restart subscriber request so as to facilitate viewing the currently viewed program from the beginning when a subscriber first views the currently viewed program on a local video display at a point in time when the currently viewed program was already in progress. The system recited in claim 2 , wherein the local control unit is configured such that the restart subscriber request may be initiated by a subscriber with a single action.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the subscriber request is selected from the group consisting of replay, restart and fast-forward. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the local control unit is configured such that the subscriber request may be initiated by a subscriber with a single action. The system recited in claim 5 , wherein the subscriber location equipment further includes a remote control wherein the single action is a function of the remote control, the subscriber request being transmitted to the local control unit via a communication link between the remote control and the local control unit.
The system recited in claim 5 , wherein the remote control includes at least one dedicated function push button that, when pressed, initiates the subscriber request transmitted from the remote control to the local control unit. The system recited in claim 6 , wherein the communication link between the remote control and the local control unit is wireless.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the subscriber location equipment further includes a voice-activated interface operatively associated with the local control unit such that the subscriber requests may be initiated by a voice command from a subscriber to the voice-activated interface. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the subscriber location equipment further includes a touch screen interface operatively associated with the local control unit such that the subscriber requests may be initiated by a subscriber by selectively touching a predetermined location on the touch screen interface.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate video supplier further includes: a services database configured to store service data corresponding to a list of services available to the subscriber location, the service data being processed and stored in the services database by the video server;.
The system recited in claim 11 , which further comprises at least one video source, which transmits video to the intermediate video supplier such that the video received from the video source is encoded with copyright owner approval to use the content. The system recited in claim 11 , which further comprises a copyright owner database configured to store copyright information for copyright owners who have granted permission to use content stored in at least one of the video server and the video buffer such that verification of copyright owner approval may be provided prior to execution of a subscriber request initiated by a subscriber.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate video supplier further includes a video scrapbook database configured to store data corresponding to subscriber selected previously broadcast programming for each subscriber, the selected previously broadcast programming data processed and stored by the video server when a video scrapbook request is received from the local control unit. The system recited in claim 14 , wherein the selected previously broadcast programming data is selected from the group consisting of a selected previously broadcast program segment and an index identifying a program segment stored in the video buffer.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the subscriber location equipment further includes a local video buffer configured to store previously broadcast programming under the control of the local control unit. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one data link includes an analog component configured to transfer the currently broadcast programming from the video server to the local control unit and a digital component configured to transfer the subscriber requests from the local control unit to the video server and the previously buffered broadcast programming from the video server to the local control unit.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one video source further includes at least one video-on-demand library configured to transfer video-on-demand programming to the video server according to the subscriber requests, the video-on-demand programming being transferred to the local control unit by the video server via the at least one data link.
The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the video server further includes a second data link configured to receive geographic broadcast programming from other intermediate video suppliers. The system recited in claim 19 wherein the geographic broadcast programming is selected from the group consisting of currently broadcast programming, previously buffered programming and video-on-demand programming generated via the other intermediate video suppliers.
The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data link is a wireless network. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one data link is a digital subscriber line. A method for providing broadcast programming to subscriber locations, the method comprising the steps of: storing video signals from at least one video source in a video buffer located at an intermediate video supplier;.
The method recited in claim 24 , wherein the function-command transmitting step includes transmitting a function command selected from the group of function commands consisting of replay, restart, and fast-forward. Based on free software.
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