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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:

Uwe Horn, Aachen, DE;

Thorsten Lohmar, Aachen, DE;

Inventors:

Uwe Horn, Aachen, DE;

Thorsten Lohmar, Aachen, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04H 20/24 (2008.01); H04H 20/26 (2008.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/4143 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/64 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2013.01); H04H 20/24 (2013.01); H04H 20/26 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/4143 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/6131 (2013.01); H04N 21/64 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04H 2201/30 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for controlling the distribution of content via broadcast bearers and non-broadcast bearers is described. A method embodiment of this technique includes the steps of providing a plurality of content channels, each content channel being associated with at least one of a first bearer type and a second bearer type, maintaining mapping information for the content channels, the mapping information being indicative of the bearer associations between content channels and bearer types, and controlling content distribution in accordance with the associations between content channels and bearer types.


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