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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Xuemin Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Marcus Kellerman, San Diego, CA (US);
Vladimir Silyaev, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
David Erickson, San Clemente, CA (US);
Xuemin Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Marcus Kellerman, San Diego, CA (US);
Vladimir Silyaev, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
David Erickson, San Clemente, CA (US);
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A server may be used to handle at least some of processing of content that is based on web access operations initiated in a set-top box (STB), wherein one or more links between the server and the STB that are used to forward multimedia broadcasts are configured to free bandwidth for communicating at least a portion of the processed content to the STB. The bandwidth may be freed based on switched digital video (SDV) and/or dedicated IPTV channels or systems. The broadcast links may be reconfigured based on monitoring of multimedia broadcast access by the STB and/or one or more other STBs. The freed bandwidth in the multimedia broadcast links may be configured for unicast transport of processed content to a specific STB, or may be configured for multicast transport of the processed content to a plurality of STBs.