公开(公告)号：US20240205511A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18592042

申请日：2024-02-29

申请人： TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC

发明人： Tom Gonder ,  William Helms ,  Kenneth Gould ,  David Chen ,  John Chen ,  Jian Yu ,  Niem Dang ,  Vipul Patel

IPC分类号： H04N21/647 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04L65/75 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/643

CPC分类号： H04N21/64761 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04L65/765 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/2408 ,  H04N21/26616 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/64322

摘要： Methods and apparatus for providing delivery of content to client devices of a network via both multicast and unicast mechanisms. In one embodiment, a system for use in a managed content delivery network is described to bridge multicast to unicast, so that the total network bandwidth consumption is significantly lower than a corresponding unicast-only delivery solution, yet which still provides improved quality of service and user viewing experience as compared to a multicast-only delivery solution. In addition, various exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are readily adapted for real-time multicast to unicast streaming of audio and data to, among other things, minimize network bandwidth usage, while maintaining the guaranteed delivery of unicast streams with little or no modification to the existing client device logic.

公开(公告)号：US11924521B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US16735508

申请日：2020-01-06

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Tom Gonder ,  William L. Helms ,  Kenneth Gould ,  David Chen ,  John Chen ,  Jian Yu ,  Niem Dang ,  Vipul Patel

IPC分类号： H04N21/647 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04L65/75 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/643

CPC分类号： H04N21/64761 ,  H04L65/611 ,  H04L65/612 ,  H04L65/765 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/2408 ,  H04N21/26616 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/64322

摘要： Methods and apparatus for providing delivery of content to client devices of a network via both multicast and unicast mechanisms. In one embodiment, a system for use in a managed content delivery network is described to bridge multicast to unicast, so that the total network bandwidth consumption is significantly lower than a corresponding unicast-only delivery solution, yet which still provides improved quality of service and user viewing experience as compared to a multicast-only delivery solution. In addition, various exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are readily adapted for real-time multicast to unicast streaming of audio and data to, among other things, minimize network bandwidth usage, while maintaining the guaranteed delivery of unicast streams with little or no modification to the existing client device logic.

公开(公告)号：US11800171B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16261164

申请日：2019-01-29

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Tom Gonder ,  John Chen ,  Vipul Patel

IPC分类号： H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/258

CPC分类号： H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/26258 ,  H04N21/4332 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8456 ,  H04N21/25825 ,  H04N21/44008

摘要： Apparatus and methods for recording a media stream for use by a rendering device. In one embodiment, a client device records live, unbound streaming media content from a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in “chunks” according to a data structure such as a manifest file. The live media content stream chunks are compressed and stored for later playback. The client device uses information regarding the chunks to generate a local manifest file, which it then uses to reconstruct the media stream. A video client may also dynamically insert and account for updated secondary content (such as advertisements) during each playback instance, thus enabling the service provider to realize commercial opportunities which were previously not possible. Various operational/business rules are also disclosed for e.g., enabling and disabling functions with respect to playback of the content.

公开(公告)号：US10187698B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15683778

申请日：2017-08-23

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： David G Bell ,  Matthew Cannon ,  Chad Enney ,  Tom Gonder

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04M3/533 ,  H04M7/12 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04M3/53 ,  H04M1/247

摘要： Methods and apparatus for retrieving and providing voice mail messages from a server are described. In accordance with the invention voice mail messages may be retrieved via requests made via a set top box. Voice mail messages are retrieved in response to the request from a voice mail server which is also accessible via the telephone network. Retrieved voice mail is transcoded and included in a video on demand (VOD) file. Text, call ID information and/or other information as, e.g., an automatically generated transcript of the voice mail message, may be included in the VOD file. The VOD file is supplied to a VOD server which provides the file including the message to the set top box for display. A user can view the messages and switch from viewing one message to the next by using video play back commands.

公开(公告)号：US09961413B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US14663223

申请日：2015-03-19

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Paul D. Brooks ,  Tom Gonder ,  Glen Hardin

IPC分类号： H04N21/23 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/6405

CPC分类号： H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/2221 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/2393 ,  H04N21/25816 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6405

摘要： Methods and apparatus for providing packetized content to users via a bandwidth-optimized network. In one embodiment, legacy and IPTV streams are carried over the same switched digital infrastructure, and freely intermixed without regard to their encoding or type. A user's selection for IPTV content is transmitted to an IP proxy (such as a gateway apparatus or a headend server), then on to the switched digital server which causes provision of the requested content back to the proxy for formatting. The formatted content is then delivered to the requesting IP-capable device. The entire carrier class program stream is therefore available as IP-encapsulated content to the IP capable devices (and as legacy content to legacy devices) without any significant modifications to the network infrastructure or bandwidth penalty.

公开(公告)号：US10448117B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15967343

申请日：2018-04-30

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Paul D. Brooks ,  Tom Gonder ,  Glen Hardin

IPC分类号： H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2381 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/239 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/6405

摘要： Methods and apparatus for providing packetized content to users via a bandwidth-optimized network. In one embodiment, legacy and IPTV streams are carried over the same switched digital infrastructure, and freely intermixed without regard to their encoding or type. A user's selection for IPTV content is transmitted to an IP proxy (such as a gateway apparatus or a headend server), then on to the switched digital server which causes provision of the requested content back to the proxy for formatting. The formatted content is then delivered to the requesting IP-capable device. The entire carrier class program stream is therefore available as IP-encapsulated content to the IP capable devices (and as legacy content to legacy devices) without any significant modifications to the network infrastructure or bandwidth penalty.

公开(公告)号：US10015533B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US14461653

申请日：2014-08-18

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Scott M. Davis ,  Tom Gonder ,  Paul Brooks

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04J3/00 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04L12/18

CPC分类号： H04N21/2402 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/6118

摘要： In a switched digital video content-based network, wherein a head end obtains a first group of program streams and sends to a client only a subset of the program streams selected by subscribers in a neighborhood of the client, imminence and/or presence of a condition of inadequate bandwidth is determined. Responsive to the determining, a bit rate of at least one of the subset of the program streams selected by the subscribers in the neighborhood of the client is dynamically decreased by adjusting encoding thereof, while maintaining adequate quality for the at least one of the subset of the program streams selected by the subscribers in the neighborhood of the client, based on an objective quality measure, in order to address the imminence and/or presence of the condition of inadequate bandwidth.

公开(公告)号：US09888270B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US13923180

申请日：2013-06-20

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Niem Dang ,  Tom Gonder ,  Peter J. Arnts ,  Kirk Erichsen ,  Brian Floyd ,  Michael Kelsen

IPC分类号： H04N21/2347 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04H20/69 ,  H04H60/14

CPC分类号： H04N21/2347 ,  H04H20/69 ,  H04H60/14 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/6408 ,  H04N21/64322 ,  H04N21/64707 ,  H04N21/64715

摘要： A video distribution network includes a distribution plant and a first bulk encryption device connected to the distribution plant, wherein the bulk encryption device outputs a first encrypted video service stream to the distribution plant via an internet protocol (IP) interface.

公开(公告)号：US09161065B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-13

申请号：US13632964

申请日：2012-10-01

申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC

发明人： Paul D. Brooks ,  Tom Gonder

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04N21/2385 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/5051 ,  H04L41/5067 ,  H04L41/509 ,  H04N21/2402 ,  H04N21/25833

摘要： Methods and apparatus for recovery and/or utilization of bandwidth within a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a switched architecture (e.g., broadcast switched) content-delivery network such as a cable television network. Reclamation, overflow, and/or triage logical processes are selectively applied in order to more efficiently manage bandwidth utilization within the network while maintaining user experience, and optionally achieve one or more business and/or operational goals.

摘要翻译： 用于网络内的带宽的恢复和/或利用的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，网络包括诸如有线电视网络的交换架构（例如，广播交换）内容递送网络。 选择性地应用回收，溢出和/或分类逻辑进程，以便更有效地管理网络内的带宽利用率，同时保持用户体验，并且可选地实现一个或多个业务和/或操作目标。

公开(公告)号：US20140344873A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-20

申请号：US14453931

申请日：2014-08-07

申请人： TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC

发明人： Remi F. Rieger ,  Tom Gonder ,  Paul D. Brooks

IPC分类号： H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/24

CPC分类号： H04N21/2385 ,  H04J3/1682 ,  H04J3/1694 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N21/2408 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/6118

摘要： Methods and apparatus for providing one or more services such as video on-demand, switched digital video, or Internet services using shared bandwidth. Exemplary embodiments include methods and apparatus for providing video on-demand and switched digital video to a set of customer premise equipment devices using a first dedicated portion of the bandwidth to provide video on-demand services, a second dedicated portion of the bandwidth to provide switched digital video services, and a third portion of the bandwidth to provide both switched digital video and video on-demand services wherein the size of the bandwidth made available to provide video on-demand within the third shared portion of bandwidth varies as a function of requests for video on-demand and switched digital video services and the priorities of the new requests versus the existing operating services. Bandwidth management occurring in accordance with bandwidth sharing policies, priorities and rules generated by a bandwidth sharing mechanism.

摘要翻译： 用于使用共享带宽来提供一个或多个服务的方法和装置，例如视频点播，交换数字视频或因特网服务。 示例性实施例包括用于使用带宽的第一专用部分提供视频点播和切换数字视频到一组客户驻地设备设备以提供视频点播服务的方法和设备，带宽的第二专用部分以提供切换 数字视频服务和带宽的第三部分以提供交换数字视频和视频点播服务，其中可用于在第三共享部分带宽内提供视频点播的可用带宽的大小根据请求而变化 视频点播和转换数字视频服务以及新请求与现有运营服务的优先级。 带宽管理根据带宽共享策略，带宽共享机制生成的优先级和规则进行。