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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preprocessing and postprocessing content in an interactive information distribution system. Content is retrieved from a storage medium and encapsulated in accordance to an Internet Protocol (IP) format. The encapsulated content is then uploaded for storage in a stream caching server and for future streaming of content to different types of access networks.