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Multicast media distribution system

  • US 20040255335A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2003
  • Published: 12/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of simultaneously receiving and processing multimedia asset packages transmitted by a plurality of multimedia content providers, each multimedia asset package being transmitted as a plurality of data segments, comprising:

  • assigning a unique process identification number (PID) to a frequency band used by each of the multimedia content providers, simultaneously receiving a plurality of data segments from the plurality of multimedia content providers, wherein the data segments are tracked using the PID assigned to the frequency band used by each multimedia content provider, reconstructing a multimedia asset package transmitted by a multimedia content provider by compiling the plurality of data segments that constitute the multimedia asset package, and providing the multimedia asset packages to a video-on-demand server that transmits at least a portion of a multimedia asset package to an end user.

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