التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
HYBRID VIDEO SELECTION, DELIVERY, AND CACHING |
| Document Number: |
20120131622 |
| تاريخ النشر: |
May 24, 2012 |
| Appl. No: |
12/953238 |
| Application Filed: |
November 23, 2010 |
| مستخلص: |
One or more devices, in a video content delivery network, store video content for one or more customer premise devices in a hierarchical storage, and provide real time video content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast or unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices. The one or more devices also provide non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network. The one or more devices further establish a license with the one or more customer premise devices to view video content in multiple formats, and establish a license with the one or more customer premise devices to view video content via multiple customer premise devices. |
| Inventors: |
MCDYSAN, David E. (Great Falls, VA, US); O'CALLAGHAN, Daniel J. (Fairfax Station, VA, US); LEIDEN, Stevan H. (Norwood, MA, US); PASKO, Douglas M. (Bridgewater, NJ, US); RATHKE, John E. (Southborough, MA, US) |
| Assignees: |
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. (Basking Ridge, NJ, US) |
| Claim: |
1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices in a network that delivers video content, the method comprising: storing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, video content for one or more customer premise devices in a hierarchical storage; providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, real time video content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast or unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices; providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network; and establishing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a license, with the one or more customer premise devices, to view video content in multiple formats or to view video content via multiple customer premise devices. |
| Claim: |
2. The method of claim 1, where the one or more computing devices are provided in one or more of: a super head end (SHE) of the network, a video hub office (VHO) of the network, or a video serving office (VSO) of the network. |
| Claim: |
3. The method of claim 1, where providing real time video content includes: providing Internet protocol television (IPTV) content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast, to the one or more customer premise devices; and providing video on demand (VOD) content from the hierarchical storage, via unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices. |
| Claim: |
4. The method of claim 3, where providing the IPTV content includes: receiving requests for the same IPTV content from different customer premises associated with the network; batching the requests for the same IPTV content into a single request; and providing, based on the single request, the same IPTV content to the different customer premises at the same time. |
| Claim: |
5. The method of claim 1, where storing video content includes: storing broadcast television content at a video serving office (VSO) of the network; storing Internet protocol television (IPTV) content and video on demand (VOD) content at a video hub office (VHO) of the network; and storing the non-real time video content at the one or more customer premise devices. |
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6. The method of claim 1, where providing non-real time video content includes: receiving congestion feedback information associated with the network; determining a schedule for providing the non-real time video content based on the congestion feedback information; and providing the non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices based on the determined schedule. |
| Claim: |
7. The method of claim 6, where receiving congestion feedback information includes one or more of: receiving congestion feedback information based on an explicit congestion notification (ECN) method; receiving congestion feedback information based on a pre-congestion notification (PCN) method; receiving congestion feedback information based on a re-inserted feedback explicit congestion notification (ECN) method; or receiving congestion feedback information based on a low extra delay background transport (ledbat) method. |
| Claim: |
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from a particular customer premise device of the one or more customer premise devices and based on the license, a request to change a format of video content provided to the particular customer premise device; and providing, to the particular customer premise device, the requested format of the video content. |
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9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from a particular customer premise device of the one or more customer premise devices and based on the license, a request to change to another particular customer premise device for viewing video content being viewed by the particular customer premise device; and enabling the video content to be viewed by the other particular customer premise device. |
| Claim: |
10. The method of claim 1, where the non-real time video content includes one or more of: over the top (OTT) video content, Internet protocol (IP) unicast video content, pre-recorded video content, previous television episodes, or advertisements. |
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11. One or more computing devices provided in a network that delivers video content, where at least one of the one or more computing devices is to: cache video content for one or more customer premise devices in a hierarchical storage; provide real time video content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast or unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices; provide non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network; establish a license, with the one or more customer premise devices, to view video content in a plurality of desired formats; and establish a license, with the one or more customer premise devices, to view video content via multiple customer premise devices. |
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12. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where the one or more computing devices are provided in one or more of: a video hub office (VHO) of the network, or a video serving office (VSO) of the network. |
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13. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where the real time video content includes one or more of: broadcast television content, Internet protocol television (IPTV) content, or video on demand (VOD) content. |
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14. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where the non-real time video content includes one or more of: over the top (OTT) video content, Internet protocol (IP) unicast video content, pre-recorded video content, previous television episodes, or advertisements. |
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15. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where, when providing the real time video, at least one of the one or more computing devices is further to: receive requests for the same real time video content from different customer premises associated with the network; batch the requests for the same real time video content into a single request; and provide, based on the single request, the same real time video content to the different customer premises at the same time. |
| Claim: |
16. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where, when caching video content, at least one of the one or more computing devices is further to: store broadcast television content at a video serving office (VSO) of the network; store Internet protocol television (IPTV) content and video on demand (VOD) content at a video hub office (VHO) of the network; and store the non-real time video content at the one or more customer premise devices. |
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17. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, where, when providing non-real time video content, at least one of the one or more computing devices is further to: receive congestion feedback information associated with the network; determine a schedule for providing the non-real time video content based on the congestion feedback information; and provide the non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices based on the determined schedule. |
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18. The one or more computing devices of claim 17, where the congestion feedback information is provided via one or more of: an explicit congestion notification (ECN) method, pre-congestion notification (PCN) method, a re-inserted feedback explicit congestion notification (ECN) method, or a low extra delay background transport (ledbat) method. |
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19. The one or more computing devices of claim 11, at least one of the one or more computing devices is further to: receive, from a particular customer premise device of the one or more customer premise devices and based on the license, one of: a first request to change a format of video content provided to the particular customer premise device, or a second request to change to another particular customer premise device for viewing video content being viewed by the particular customer premise device; provide, to the particular customer premise device and when the first request is received, the requested format of the video content; and enabling, when the second request is received, the video content to be viewed by the other particular customer premise device. |
| Claim: |
20. A system, comprising: one or more devices to: store video content for one or more customer premise devices, associated with a network for delivering video content, in a hierarchical storage, provide real time video content from the hierarchical storage, via multicast or unicast, to the one or more customer premise devices, provide non-real time video content from the hierarchical storage to the one or more customer premise devices during idle time periods associated with the network, establish a license, with the one or more customer premise devices, to view video content in a plurality of desired formats or to view video content via multiple customer premise devices, receive, from a particular customer premise device of the one or more customer premise devices and based on the license, one of: a first request to change a format of video content provided to the particular customer premise device, or a second request to change to another particular customer premise device for viewing video content being viewed by the particular customer premise device, provide, to the particular customer premise device and when the first request is received, the requested format of the video content, and enable, when the second request is received, the video content to be viewed by the other particular customer premise device. |
| Current U.S. Class: |
725/95 |
| Current International Class: |
04 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edspap.20120131622 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
USPTO Patent Applications |