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Regulating the quality of a broadcast

  • US 20020144266A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2001
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system where a broadcast is provided across a medium having a fixed bandwidth to individual home entertainment systems, a method for optimizing the use of the available bandwidth by dynamically restructuring the broadcasting of channels of the medium based on feedback from at least some of the home entertainment systems, the method comprising the steps for:

  • generating user behavior information at a first home entertainment system that indicates that the first home entertainment system is tuned to a channel broadcast across the medium;

    combining the user behavior information from the first home entertainment system with user behavior information from other home entertainment systems that corresponds to the channel; and

    dynamically restructuring a broadcast of the channel based on the combined user behavior information so as to optimize the use of the available bandwidth.

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