GATEWAY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY IN A NETWORK
First Claim
1. For use in a content-based network having a plurality of premises devices in communication therewith, a method of re-encapsulating internet content for use on a premises device, said method comprising:
- generating a list of all of the programs available in a transport stream;
extracting information;
extracting one or more elementary streams;
packetizing said one or more elementary streams using at least a portion of said information; and
multiplexing said packetized one or more elementary streams to a transport stream compatible with said premises device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for the delivery of digital content in a network. In one embodiment, the digital content comprises internet content received from an Internet host server in a first container format, and converted to a second container format at a headend entity of a cable television or satellite network. The headend entity transmits the re-containerized content to one or more consumer devices, and acts as a gateway device between the consumer devices and various internet content sources. Delivery of internet content from the gateway device can be via broadcast, nPVR, DVR and/or VOD delivery mechanisms. The internet content gateway device is adapted to request, receive and process the internet content. Requests for internet content may be made from either a CPE or the gateway device itself according to one or more rules. The content may also be selectively transcoded before re-encapsulation based on the consumer device capabilities.
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40 Claims
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1. For use in a content-based network having a plurality of premises devices in communication therewith, a method of re-encapsulating internet content for use on a premises device, said method comprising:
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generating a list of all of the programs available in a transport stream; extracting information; extracting one or more elementary streams; packetizing said one or more elementary streams using at least a portion of said information; and multiplexing said packetized one or more elementary streams to a transport stream compatible with said premises device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gateway apparatus for use in the delivery of content to one or more of a plurality of consumer premises equipment (CPE) in communication therewith via a delivery network, the apparatus comprising:
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a first interface for communication with said delivery network; a second interface for communication with one or more host servers via an internetwork; and a digital processor in communication with said first and second interfaces and adapted to run at least one computer program thereon, said computer program configured to; receive said content; process said content for transport over said delivery network; and deliver said processed content to said one or more of said plurality of CPE via said delivery network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for the delivery of Internet content via a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the method comprising:
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requesting said Internet content from a host server; receiving said requested Internet content via an internet; processing said requested Internet content for transport over said HFC network; and streaming said processed Internet content to at least one premises device via said HFC network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. For use in a content-based network having a plurality of client devices in communication therewith, a method of re-encapsulating internet content from MP4 encapsulation format to MPEG-2 encapsulation format in order to utilize said content on at least one consumer premises equipment (CPE), said method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of programs in an MP4 format container; generating a program map table (PMT) and a program association table (PMT) of said programs; extracting information from one or more International Standardization Organization (ISO) boxes of said MP4 container; extracting from said MP4 container a plurality of elementary streams using information contained in one or more ISO boxes of said MP4 container; encapsulating said elementary streams into a packetized format suitable for MPEG-2 transmission, said encapsulation comprising utilizing said extracted information to add sync words, sequence headers and picture headers; multiplexing said packetized elementary streams into an MPEG-2 multiple program transport stream; and delivering said MPEG-2 transport stream to said at least one CPE. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A method of processing content rendered in a first format, comprising:
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determining whether a target premises device is of a first configuration; if said determining indicates that said target device is of said first configuration, then; de-encoding said content from said first format; re-encoding said content in a second, different format; and encapsulating said re-encoded content in a container scheme for transport over a network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of efficiently transmitting Internet media content over a content delivery network having a plurality of client devices in communication therewith, the method comprising:
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obtaining said Internet content rendered in a first format and encoded according to a first encoding scheme; removing said content from said first format; and inserting said content encoded according to said first scheme into a second format for transport over said network to one or more of said client devices; wherein said one or more client devices is configured to; (i) receive said content within said second format; (ii) remove said content encoded according to said first scheme; and (iii) decode said encoded content for playback thereof. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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