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US 2005/0097619 A1Published application
Interactive audiovisual distribution system
AssigneeAnosole Pass Holdings, L.L.C.
InventorJoseph Haddad
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Abstract
A distribution center according to the present invention is capable of handling requests from a plurality of subscribers for accessing programs in a central audiovisual library. The subscriber requests may specify a variable time allowance interval within which a requested program may be delivered.
Claims20
A method of interactive distribution of audiovisual programs from a distribution center of a plurality of subscriber stations, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a library in said distribution center a selection of audiovisual programs;
- wirelessly communicating information between the distribution center and at least one of the plurality of subscriber stations, including receiving requests from said subscriber stations for selected program segments from said selection of audiovisual programs, each of said requests including a time allowance interval within which a respective selected program segment is to be delivered;
- processing said requests;
- accessing said selected program segments from said library;
- and
- delivering said selected program segments to respective subscriber stations making said requests within respective time allowance intervals.
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The method of interactive distribution of audiovisual programs from a distribution center to a plurality of subscriber stations, comprising the steps of:
- storing in a library in said distribution center a selection of audiovisual programs in compressed video format;
- receiving requests from said subscriber stations for selected program segments from said selection of audiovisual programs, each of said requests including a time allowance interval within which a respective selected program segment is to be delivered;
- processing said requests;
- accessing said selected program segments from said library;
- and
- delivering said selected program segments to respective subscriber stations making said requests within respective time allowance intervals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.