The Directv Group, Inc.

Diem V Nguyen

Titus Winters

Xavier Riley

Walter F Filbrich

Jonathan Kochel

Michael R Munsell

Noreen Fong

Mark Guidarelli

Michel Dalal

A communication systemincludes a content management systemdetermining a programming schedule and a video transport processing systemreceiving a content file in forming a transport stream from the content file having a plurality of packets, each having a header with a first packet identifier in the header and a data portion. The communication systemfurther includes a content repositorystoring the content in a satellite transport processing systemchanging the first packet identifier to a second packet identifier in response to the programming schedule and communicating the transport stream to a user device.

Method and system for communicating content having modified packet headers through a satellite

A system and method for a operating a content distribution system includes a destination device and a requesting device that communicates a primary audio stream secondary audio stream and a video stream to the destination device. The destination device communicates the primary audio stream to a display. The destination device includes a secondary decoder configured to decode the secondary audio stream to form a decoded secondary audio stream. The destination device combines the secondary decoded audio stream and the primary audio stream.

Method and system for forming an audio overlay for streaming content of a content distribution system

A communication systemincludes a content repositorystoring a plurality of content files associated with the content distribution system. A transport processing systemcommunicating with the content distribution system, a terrestrial communication network, and a content delivery networkcommunicating with the content distribution systemand the terrestrial network. The content distribution system assigns a satellite category or a broadband category to each of the plurality of content files in response to the satellite category. The content distribution system communicates the content to the transport processing system. The transport processing system communicates the content through a satellite from the transport processing system to a user device. The content distribution system, in response to the broadband category, communicates the content to the content delivery network. The content delivery network communicates the content through a terrestrial communication network to the user device.

Method and system for distributing content to a user device through a satellite network and a broadband network

A system and method for displaying graphics in a content distribution system includes a client device and a server device that communicates an allocate buffer command signal to the client device. The client device reserves an off-screen buffer having buffer identifier associated therewith and communicates a buffer response signal comprising the buffer identifier to the server device. The server device communicates a write command signal comprising graphics data and the buffer identifier to the client device. The client device stores the graphics data in an off-screen buffer in response to write command signal, transfers the graphics data from the off-screen buffer to an on-screen buffer and displays graphics corresponding to the graphics data on a display associated with the client device. A bit blit command may be used to transfer the graphics data from the off-screen buffer to the on-screen buffer.

Method and system for controlling a display buffer in a content distribution system

A system and method for controlling closed-captioning at a client device includes a client device and a server device that communicates content to the client device. The server device determines a content type corresponding to the content communicated from the server device to the client device, generates a closed-captioning disable signal and communicates the content type disable signal to the client device. The client device disables the closed-captioning in response to the closed-captioning disable signal.

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Anaheim, CA, United States of America

Diem V Nguyen