IN-TRANSPORT MULTI-CHANNEL MEDIA DELIVERY
First Claim
1. An in-transport media (ITM) delivery system comprising:
- an ITM distribution server disposed in a transport craft, the ITM distribution server comprising;
a channel distribution controller to distribute a plurality of media channel offerings to a plurality of ITM clients disposed in the transport craft;
a request controller to monitor the ITM clients to determine which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients; and
a communications controller to communicate, to a remote media server via a communications network, feedback indicating which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed according to the monitoring,wherein the channel distribution controller further operates to receive the channel offerings, from the remote media server via the communications network, such that one or more of the channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients according to the feedback, and one or more of the channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients according to the feedback.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide efficient delivery of multiple media channels to in-transport terminals, for example, to reduce channel zapping delay in a bandwidth efficient manner. For example, an in-transport media (ITM) server can distribute multiple channel offerings to ITM clients in a transport craft. Meanwhile, the ITM server can monitor which channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients, and can transmit feedback to a remote media server, accordingly. Based on the feedback, the ITM server can receive the channel offerings from the remote media server, in such a way that one or more of the channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients, and one or more of the channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients.
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20 Claims
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1. An in-transport media (ITM) delivery system comprising:
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an ITM distribution server disposed in a transport craft, the ITM distribution server comprising; a channel distribution controller to distribute a plurality of media channel offerings to a plurality of ITM clients disposed in the transport craft; a request controller to monitor the ITM clients to determine which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients; and a communications controller to communicate, to a remote media server via a communications network, feedback indicating which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed according to the monitoring, wherein the channel distribution controller further operates to receive the channel offerings, from the remote media server via the communications network, such that one or more of the channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients according to the feedback, and one or more of the channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients according to the feedback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for distribution of media channel offerings in an in-transport communications system, the method comprising:
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monitoring, by an in-transport media (ITM) server, while distributing a plurality of channel offerings to a plurality of ITM clients in the transport craft, which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients; transmitting, by the ITM server to a remote media server, feedback indicating which of the channel offerings are presently being consumed according to the monitoring; receiving, by the ITM server from the remote media server, the channel offerings, such that one or more of the plurality of channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients according to the feedback, and one or more of the plurality of channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients according to the feedback. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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