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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Jean-georges Fritsch, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jean-Georges Fritsch, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Minerva Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N007/173 ; H04N005/90 ; H04L012/56 ; H04J003/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved approaches for delivering media programs to viewers (e.g., subscribers) are disclosed. The media programs are typically broadcast in accordance with a schedule. The media program can be delivered to viewers through multicast or unicast. According to one aspect, the media programs are buffered (e.g., cached) in a data packet format such that producing unicasts for particular viewers requires less computation and resources such that more concurrent unicasts are able to be effectively supported.