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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Patrick Wright-riley, Villanova, PA (US);
Patrick Wright-Riley, Villanova, PA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A switched digital video (SDV) system is provided which includes a SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with a service group. The system also includes an input for receiving SDV programming to be broadcast during the SDV sessions. At least one edge device is provided for receiving SDV programming provided by the input and for transmitting each SDV program over an access network to at least one of the subscriber terminals on one of a plurality of SDV channels. The SDV manager is configured to (i) cause transmission of at least a first requested SDV program to be delayed until a later time; and (ii) select the first requested SDV program to be delayed from among a plurality of requested SDV programs based at least in part on a current viewing and recording status of the plurality of subscriber terminals.