WO1995004431A3 - System and method for storing and forwarding audio and/or visual information on demand - Google Patents

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WO1995004431A3
WO1995004431A3 PCT/US1994/007995 US9407995W WO9504431A3 WO 1995004431 A3 WO1995004431 A3 WO 1995004431A3 US 9407995 W US9407995 W US 9407995W WO 9504431 A3 WO9504431 A3 WO 9504431A3
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storing
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William R Buhro
Ernest W Radowick
John E Rogers
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Electronic Data Syst Corp
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Priority to CA002167801A priority patent/CA2167801C/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47202—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends

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A system and method for storing and forwarding audio/video signals on demand is shown including an encoder (105) for receiving, digitizing, and compressing audio/video signals into a data stream, and a first processing system for further compressing and storing the data stream received from the encoder, and for later transmitting the data stream via a transmitting system to a location remote from the first processing system. The first processing system preferably also includes a microprocessor. The second processing system includes a microprocessor for receiving, processing, and storing the data stream from the remote first processing system, and later transmitting a copy of the data stream, upon receipt of a request for replay of the audio/video signal after retrieving and decompressing the copy of the data stream. Such system and method also includes a decoder for further decompressing and transforming the data stream into an analog signal for transmission to at least one television set for replay.
PCT/US1994/007995 1993-07-23 1994-07-19 System and method for storing and forwarding audio and/or visual information on demand WO1995004431A2 (en)

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JP50585595A JP3574931B2 (en) 1993-07-23 1994-07-19 System and method for storing and transferring audio and / or visual information on demand
EP94923948A EP0710420A1 (en) 1993-07-23 1994-07-19 System and method for storing and forwarding audio and/or visual information on demand
AU73990/94A AU694950B2 (en) 1993-07-23 1994-07-19 System and method for storing and forwarding audio and/or visual information on demand
CA002167801A CA2167801C (en) 1993-07-23 1994-07-19 System and method for storing and forwarding audio and/or visual information on demand

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