US 10,327,039 B2Granted

Methods, systems and apparatus for providing video transmissions over multiple media

AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC

InventorsSteven M. Casey, Bruce A. Phillips

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Abstract

Various embodiments of the invention provide novel apparatus, methods and systems for providing relatively high-speed bandwidth to enable, inter alia, video transmission services over media previously unable to support such services. In accordance with certain embodiments, a device located at the telecommunication service provider can logically couple two or more physical media to provide a single, consolidated source of bandwidth, which can be used to transmit data, which can represent a video signal. In accordance with other embodiments, a device located at the subscriber's location can be used to receive the data from each of the two physical media and recreate the video signal from the data, such that the video signal can be transmitted to a display device, such as a television, monitor, etc.

Claims44

Dependent claims

An integrated system for providing video and data services to a customer premises, the system comprising:

a video distribution device configured to segment a chronological video signal of a video broadcast into at least a first segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast and a second segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast;
at least one digital broadcast receiver programmed to receive at least the first segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast, wherein the at least one digital broadcast receiver provides video information that includes at least the first video segment, wherein the first video segment is a first chronological portion of the chronological video signal;
at least one data source programmed to receive the second segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast, wherein the second video segment is a second chronological portion of the chronological video signal, and wherein the first chronological portion of the chronological video signal is different from the second chronological portion of the chronological video signal;
an integrated network interface device coupled to the receiver and to the data source, wherein the integrated network interface device is configured to:
receive video information including the first video segment from the at least one digital broadcast receiver;
receive the second video segment from the data source;
combine, based on chronological order, the first video segment and the second video segment to reassemble the chronological video signal;
and
distribute the reassembled chronological video signal to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium.

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An integrated network interface device for providing data and video services to a customer premises, the network interface device comprising:

a first interface adapted to receive data from at least one data source, wherein the data comprises at least a first segment of a chronological video signal of a video broadcast, wherein the first video segment is a first chronological portion of the chronological video signal;
a second interface adapted to receive video information from at least one digital broadcast receiver, wherein the video information comprises at least a second video segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast, wherein the second video segment is a second chronological portion of the chronological video signal, and wherein the first chronological portion of the chronological video signal is different from the second chronological portion of the chronological video signal, wherein the first video segment and the second video segment are received from a video distribution device configured to segment the chronological video signal of the video broadcast into at least the first segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast and the second segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast;
a processing system in communication with the first and second interfaces, the processing system programmed to:
receive, via the first interface, the first video segment from the at least one data source;
receive, via the second interface, the video information including the second video segment from the at least one digital broadcast receiver;
combine, based on chronological order, the at least first video segment and the second video segment to reassemble the chronological video signal;
and
distribute the reassembled chronological video signal to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium;
a third interface in communication with the processing system and adapted to transmit the chronological video signal to the first internal transport medium;
and
a fourth interface in communication with the processing system and adapted to transmit at least one of the data or the video information to a second internal transport medium.

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A method of providing video and data services to a customer premises, the method comprising:

providing an integrated network interface device capable of receiving video information and data;
receiving, at the integrated network interface device, a set of video information from at least one digital broadcast satellite receiver, the set of video information including at least a first video segment of a chronological video signal of a video broadcast, wherein the first video segment is a first chronological portion of the chronological video signal;
receiving, at the integrated network interface device, a set of data from at least one data source, wherein the set of data comprises at least a second segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast, wherein the second video segment is a second chronological portion of the chronological video signal, and wherein the first chronological portion of the chronological video signal is different from the second chronological portion of the chronological video signal, and wherein the first video segment and the second video segment are received from a video distribution device configured to segment the chronological video signal of the video broadcast into at least the first segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast and the second segment of the chronological video signal of the video broadcast;
combining, based on chronological order and at the integrated network interface device, the first video segment and the second video segment to reassemble the chronological video signal;
and
distributing, with the integrated network interface device, the reassembled chronological video signal to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/325,682Filed 8 Jul 2014 · continuation
Priority: 31 Jan 2003
Published: US 2014/0325570 A130 Oct 2014
Granted: 18 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification34 codes

H04N 21/6143
Specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network: involving transmission via a satellite
G08B 27/005
Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations: with transmission via computer network
H04L 63/02
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
H04L 65/1026
Media gateways: at the edge

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