Method and apparatus for multi-band distribution of digital content

A computerized method of transmitting information over a managed network infrastructure to a plurality of computerized client devices, the plurality of computerized client devices associated with respective users of the managed network, the computerized method comprising:

• obtaining a plurality of digital program streams;
• assigning the plurality of different streams to respective ones of a plurality of individual radio frequency (RF) carriers, the assigning comprising assigning at least a portion of bits of each of the plurality of digital program streams to different ones of the plurality of RF carriers as a function of time;
• and
• modulating the assigned at least portion of bits of each of the plurality of digital program streams onto the different ones of the plurality of RF carriers using quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).

A computerized network apparatus configured to deliver digitally rendered content from an on-demand digital content source to a plurality of users associated with a content distribution network, the computerized network apparatus comprising:

• a first data interface configured to access the on-demand digital content source, the on-demand digital content source in communication with the content distribution network;
• a storage apparatus in data communication with the first data interface and configured to at least temporarily store at least a plurality of accessed digital content obtained from the on-demand digital content source;
• and
• a computerized processing apparatus configured to:
• receive the plurality of accessed digital content, the plurality of accessed digital content comprising a plurality of packetized program streams, respectively;
• and
• allocate the plurality of packetized program streams across a plurality of individual radio frequency (RF) carriers, the allocation comprising an assignment of at least a portion of bits of each of the plurality of packetized program streams to different ones of the plurality of RF carriers as a function of time;
• and
• a modulator apparatus configured to modulate the assigned at least portion of bits of each of the plurality of packetized program streams onto the different ones of the plurality of RF carriers.

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the instructions configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus:

• receive a plurality of digital program streams;
• multiplex the plurality of different streams across a plurality of individual radio frequency (RF) carriers, the multiplex comprising an assignment of at least a portion of bits of each of the plurality of streams to different ones of the plurality of RF carriers as a function of time;
• and
• modulate the assigned at least portion of bits of each of the plurality of digital program streams onto the different ones of the plurality of RF carriers.