Technique for delivering through a communications network content of entertainment programs, and video recordings provided by users
AssigneeTime Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
InventorBrian Kelly
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Abstract
A user may utilize a “home video on demand (HVOD)” service to distribute a video recorded using, e.g., a conventional camcorder, to desired viewers who have access to a broadband communications network, e.g., a cable TV network. The inventive system providing the HVOD service may receive from the user the video recording via email, postal mail, the Internet, computer transfer, etc. The inventive system converts the received video recording from its original video format to a uniform format, e.g., an MPEG-2 format. The converted video recording is stored in storage and made available to authorized viewers through the cable TV network.
Claims61
A system for providing a video service over a communications network delivering an entertainment service, the system comprising:
- a server for serving, through the communications network, content of a video recording received from a user of the video service;
- and
- a mechanism for allowing one or more parties having access to the entertainment service to receive the content of the video recording over the communications network, the one or more parties being selected by the user.
A system for providing a video service over a communications network transporting entertainment programs in a selected video format, the system comprising:
- an interface for receiving a video recording from a user of the video service, the video recording being formatted in a second video format;
- a processor for converting the video recording from the second video format to the selected video format for transportation thereof through the communications network;
- and
- a mechanism for allowing one or more selected parties to access content of the video recording through the communications network, the one or more selected parties being selected by the user.
A method for providing a video service over a communications network delivering an entertainment service, the method comprising:
- serving, through the communications network, content of a video recording received from a user of the video service;
- and
- allowing one or more parties having access to the entertainment service to receive the content of the video recording over the communications network, the one or more parties being selected by the user.
A method for providing a video service over a communications network transporting entertainment programs in a selected video format, the method comprising:
- receiving a video recording from a user of the video service, the video recording being formatted in a second video format;
- converting the video recording from the second video format to the selected video format for transportation thereof through the communications network;
- and
- allowing one or more selected parties to access content of the video recording through the communications network, the one or more selected parties being selected by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.