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Providing multimedia on demand in a near on demand environment

A multimedia and environmental technology, applied in the direction of TV, magnetic recording, color TV, etc., can solve the problems of interfering with users' enjoyment of pay-per-view movies, large bandwidth, exhaustion, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-01
THOMSON LICENSING SA
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Countless other distractions can also interfere with the user's enjoyment of pay-per-view movies
[0003] It would be beneficial to users if pay-per-view services were provided to each user via personal broadcasting, and each user could be given control for performing trick modes on broadcasting, but providing such personalized broadcasting to a large number of users Will use up an enormous amount of bandwidth and is therefore not a practical solution

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[0017] figure 1 is a block diagram depicting a multimedia broadcast system of a service provider, such as a cable headend or satellite uplink, that transmits or broadcasts programs to remotely located users. In the approximate on-demand environment, the multimedia broadcasting system provides users with multimedia display or program on-demand. System 100 includes a broadcast system controller 102 capable of communicating with other system components for broadcasting multimedia displays. The broadcast system controller 102 may include a central processing unit and a system bus. However, the broadcast system controller 102 is not so limited and may include alternative processing devices and methods of inter-device communication. Furthermore, additional devices may also be used in the broadcast system controller 102 . For example, the broadcast system controller may also include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), analog-to-digital (A / D) converters, digital-to-...

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A method (400) for providing on-demand multimedia presentations in a near-on-demand environment. The method includes providing a plurality of beginning segments for pre-recording by a plurality of users (402). Each start segment (310) corresponds to one of the multimedia displays, and each start segment has a duration (L) at least as long as the predetermined time interval (Ti-To). Each of said multimedia presentations is transmitted simultaneously on a plurality of channels, and the same presentation is transmitted on different channels, with the start time of each transmission having a periodic interval not exceeding said predetermined time interval (Ti-To).

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for providing multimedia on demand, such as pay-per-view movies. Background technique [0002] Traditional pay-per-view movie service providers operate in a near-on-demand environment. Movies are often broadcast at regular intervals, such as an hour, and consumers who expect to see a particular movie have to wait until the next showing to watch the entire movie. Also, if the user may be distracted by answering the phone, when the broadcast program starts, the user will miss a part of the image. Other inconveniences may also occur if the viewer answers the phone or has a visitor during image playback. Users may miss part of the movie to answer calls or receive visitors. Countless other distractions can also interfere with a user's enjoyment of a pay-per-view movie. [0003] It is beneficial to users if pay-per-view service is provided to each user via personal broadcasting, and each us...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/765H04N7/173H04N21/2543H04N21/262H04N21/4147H04N21/433H04N21/458H04N21/472H04N21/6334H04N21/845H04N21/8549
CPCH04N7/17318H04N21/2543H04N21/26275H04N21/4147H04N21/4334H04N21/458H04N21/47202H04N21/6334H04N21/8456H04N21/8549H04N5/781H04N5/91
Inventor 约翰·S·斯图尔特
Owner THOMSON LICENSING SA