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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Steven E. Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
John B. Carlucci, Boulder, CO (US);
John A. Stebbins, Golden, CO (US);
JO A. Friedman, Jamestown, CO (US);
Steven E. Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
John B. Carlucci, Boulder, CO (US);
John A. Stebbins, Golden, CO (US);
Jo A. Friedman, Jamestown, CO (US);
Time Warner Interactive Video Group, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a cable network providing, among others, interactive video services, data cells carrying real-time data concerning, e.g., trick mode commands (pause, rewind and fast-forward) initiated by a user are instantly transmitted to a headend facility for immediate processing. The invention is premised upon a recognition that such real-time data typically does not fully utilize the transport capacity of the data cells. In accordance with the invention, non-real-time (NRT) data to be transmitted to the headend facility, although accorded a lower priority than the real-time data, is inserted into those underutilized data cells before their transmission, thereby fully exploiting the transport capacity of the data cells.