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AssigneeActivevideo Networks, Inc.
InventorsRonald A. Brockmann, Maarten Hoeben, Onne Gorter, Gerrit Hiddink
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Switched digital television programming for video-on-demand and other interactive television services are combined utilizing a class-based, multi-dimensional decision logic to simultaneously optimize video quality and audio uniformity while minimizing latency during user interactions with the system over managed networks such as cable and satellite television networks. A group of user sessions are assigned to a single modulator. The user sessions include data in a plurality of classes, each class having a respective priority. In response to a determination that an aggregate bandwidth of the group of user sessions for a first frame time exceeds a specified budget, bandwidth is allocated for the group of user sessions during the first frame time in accordance with the class priorities. The group of user sessions is multiplexed onto a channel corresponding to the modulator in accordance with the allocated bandwidth and transmitted over a managed network.
A method for prioritizing content classes in multiplexed content streams, comprising:
An server system, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by one or more processors of a server system that further comprises a plurality of modulators to multiplex respective groups of user sessions onto respective channels for transmission over a managed network in accordance with allocated bandwidth, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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