Media transmission system and method
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorDaniel Crichton
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Abstract
A media transmission system and method for the transmission of a desired one of a plurality of broadcast media channels to a remote client over a data connection is disclosed. The system includes means for routing data for a first one of the broadcast media channels over the data connection to the remote client and means for routing data for an alternate one of the channels over the data connection following receipt of a channel change request from a user. This allows efficient use of a limited bandwidth data connection.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- storing, at both (i) a set top computer located in a subscriber's premises and (ii) a broadband service controller located at a source of broadcast television programming, data that references one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view;
- receiving a channel change request initiated at the set top computer;
- validating the channel change request at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller, using the data that references the one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view that is stored at both the set top computer and at the broadband service controller;
- and,
- if the channel change request is successfully validated at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller, providing, by the broadband service controller, a desired video feed associated with the channel change request.
A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- storing, at both (i) a set top computer located in a subscriber's premises and (ii) a broadband service controller located at a source of broadcast television programming, data that references one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view;
- receiving a channel change request initiated at the set top computer;
- validating the channel change request at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller, using the data that references the one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view that is stored at both the set top computer and at the broadband service controller;
- and, if the channel change request is successfully validated at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller,
- providing, by the broadband service controller, a desired video feed associated with the channel change request.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- storing, at both (i) a set top computer located in a subscriber's premises and (ii) a broadband service controller located at a source of broadcast television programming, data that references one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view;
- receiving a channel change request initiated at the set top computer;
- validating the channel change request at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller, using the data that references the one or more channels that the subscriber is authorized to view that is stored at both the set top computer and at the broadband service controller;
- and, if the channel change request is successfully validated at both the set top computer and the broadband service controller,
- providing, by the broadband service controller, a desired video feed associated with the channel change request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.