WO1995026095A3 - Video system - Google Patents

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WO1995026095A3
WO1995026095A3 PCT/US1995/003237 US9503237W WO9526095A3 WO 1995026095 A3 WO1995026095 A3 WO 1995026095A3 US 9503237 W US9503237 W US 9503237W WO 9526095 A3 WO9526095 A3 WO 9526095A3
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video
line storage
sequential
multiplicity
individual
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PCT/US1995/003237
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WO1995026095A9 (en
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Nimrod Sandlerman
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Shaked Amir
Nimrod Sandlerman
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    • 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

Abstract

High throughput video serving system operative to serve a multiplicity of set-top boxes (10) with a corresponding multiplicity of selected video items via transmission equipment (20) comprising an on-line storage subsystem comprising a first plurality of on-line storage units (30) arranged in at least one virtual circle and storing a second plurality of video items, each video item comprising a sequence of video blocks, each video block being accessible within a single system tick, wherein, for each individual video item, sequential blocks are stored in sequential on-line storage units (30) in each virtual circle and an access system (50) connecting the on-line storage subsystem to the multiplicity of set-top boxes (10) via the transmission equipment (20), wherein an individual set-top box (10) is initially connected to the on-line storage unit which contains the first block of its corresponding selected video item and wherein the individual set-top box (10) is subsequently connected to a sequential on-line storage unit at each sequential system tick.
PCT/US1995/003237 1994-03-13 1995-03-13 Video system WO1995026095A2 (en)

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IL108,952 1994-03-13
IL10895294A IL108952A0 (en) 1994-03-13 1994-03-13 Video on demand system

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WO1995026095A9 WO1995026095A9 (en) 1995-11-02
WO1995026095A3 true WO1995026095A3 (en) 1995-11-30

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