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US 8,146,123 B2Granted
System to provide set top box configuration for content on demand
AssigneeARRIS Group, Inc.
InventorsCliff Aaby, Christian J. Parker
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Abstract
A content on demand system includes logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of set top boxes.
Claims8
A content on demand system comprising:
- a content on demand server system comprising non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of service nodes;
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- a plurality of service nodes each comprising non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose a service group identifier into the audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information and the service group identifier to a plurality of set top boxes;
- non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to receive from a set top box a request for an audio and/or video stream, the request comprising the service group identifier communicated to the set top box and an identifier of a title of the audio and/or video stream, and to provide the audio and/or video stream to a service node corresponding to the service group identifier.
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A content on demand server comprising:
- non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of service nodes;
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- non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to receive from a set top box a request for an audio and/or video stream, the request comprising the service group identifier communicated to the set top box and an identifier of a title of the audio and/or video stream, and to provide the audio and/or video stream to a service node corresponding to the service group identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.