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Method and system for processing multi-media content

  • US 10,341,721 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2010
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for processing of multi-media content for a user device independent of the user device location, the system comprising:

  • a first serving node located at a home, said first serving node configured to receive the multi-media content from a content provider via a network and configured to deliver said multi-media content to a plurality of user devices registered with said first serving node at the home served by said first serving node;

    each of said plurality of user devices associated with at least one user selected from a plurality of users registered at the home, at least one of said plurality of user devices associated with more than one of said plurality of users; and

    each of said plurality of users associated with a record in a database accessible by said first serving node, said database including content characterization and preferences of each of said plurality of users, said content characterization and preferences of each of said plurality of users depending on a user device each of said plurality of users is using and a type of network that each of said plurality of users is using to access said multi-media content,wherein said first serving node is configured to uniquely distinguish each of said plurality of users by;

    verification of a unique id that is associated with said user device, wherein the unique id is assigned to said user device at a time of registration with said first serving node at the home; and

    determination of the type of network through an interface at which a request for said multi-media content was received,wherein when the multi-media content is received by said first serving node, said multi-media content is reformatted by said first serving node, based on said content characterization and preferences of one of said plurality of users for display on one of said plurality of user devices selected by the one of said plurality of users, and content transmission bit rate of said multi-media content is adjusted based on a speed of said one of said plurality of user devices, wherein said one of said plurality of user devices is selected by said one of said plurality of users,wherein said first serving node is configured to multiplex the multi-media content directly to the plurality of user devices, andwherein said one of said plurality of user devices is a mobile phone, and said first serving node transmits a location of said mobile phone to a server within the network, and when said mobile phone is closer to a second serving node at a second home than the home of said first serving node, and said second serving node is connected to the network, said server is configured to instruct said second serving node to deliver the multi-media content to said mobile phone.

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