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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Alex Ashley, Redhill Surrey, GB;
Pete Rai, Egham Surrey, GB;
Trevor Smith, Twickenham, GB;
Ray Taylor, Hook Hampshire, GB;
James Geoffrey Walker, Winchester Hampshire, GB;
Kevin A. Murray, Fordingbridge Hampshire, GB;
Alex Ashley, Redhill Surrey, GB;
Pete Rai, Egham Surrey, GB;
Trevor Smith, Twickenham, GB;
Ray Taylor, Hook Hampshire, GB;
James Geoffrey Walker, Winchester Hampshire, GB;
Kevin A. Murray, Fordingbridge Hampshire, GB;
Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for broadcasting content, is described, the method and system facilitating simultaneous recording of multiple programs on a digital video recorder (DVR), the method and system including providing a plurality of content items, dividing each one of the plurality of content items into a multiplicity of chunks, each one of the chunks including at least one reference frame, for each one of the chunks determining a location of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk index of locations of each reference frame included in the chunk, creating a chunk file including the chunk and the chunk index, and inserting the chunk file in a data stream, such that no chunk file including a chunk from a particular content item is adjacent to a second chunk file including a chunk from the same particular content item, and broadcasting using a transmission bitrate greater than the bitrate of the data stream in a single channel in a multiplexed broadcast service, wherein the chunks files in the data stream are transmitted sequentially. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described.