SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONCATENATED TRANSPORT STREAMS FROM ADAPTIVE MEDIA STREAMS
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a receiver to receive an adaptive stream, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the receiver, the adaptive stream comprising a concatenated transport stream wherein the receiver comprises a set-top-box (STB);
receiving at the STB a first adaptive media stream containing television programming configured in an adaptive packet format from a streaming server;
concatenating content of the first adaptive media stream in a compatible format with the STB;
configuring in a concatenated transport stream the content for receipt at the STB wherein the content contains the television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format; and
receiving, at the STB, the content in the concatenated transport stream containing the television programming in the streaming format.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method executable by an adaptive stream concatenation server to deliver a concatenated transport stream to a video distribution system are provided, as are embodiments of adaptive stream concatenation servers. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an adaptive media stream containing television programming in an adaptive packet format at the adaptive stream concatenation server via a digital network. The contents of the adaptive media stream are concatenated by the adaptive stream concatenation server to create a concatenated transport stream containing the television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format and compatible with the video distribution system. The concatenated transport stream containing the television programming is then transmitted in the streaming format to the video distribution system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a receiver to receive an adaptive stream, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the receiver, the adaptive stream comprising a concatenated transport stream wherein the receiver comprises a set-top-box (STB); receiving at the STB a first adaptive media stream containing television programming configured in an adaptive packet format from a streaming server; concatenating content of the first adaptive media stream in a compatible format with the STB; configuring in a concatenated transport stream the content for receipt at the STB wherein the content contains the television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format; and receiving, at the STB, the content in the concatenated transport stream containing the television programming in the streaming format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A receiver apparatus configured to receive an adaptive concatenated stream to provide television programming comprising:
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a set-top box (STB) configured to interface with a digital network; a processor contained in the STB configured to; receive an adaptive stream comprising a concatenated transport stream, the adaptive stream comprising a first adaptive media stream containing television programming in an adaptive packet format via the digital network and configured by a streaming server wherein the streaming server is in communication with the STB; receive concatenated content of the first adaptive media stream in a compatible format with the STB; and receive the concatenated content in a concatenated transport stream wherein the concatenated content contains television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system to receive a concatenated transport stream executable by an adaptive stream concatenation server to at least one television receiver, the system comprising:
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a plurality of adaptive media streams each containing different television channels in an adaptive packet format at the adaptive stream concatenation server via a digital network; a plurality of receivers configured to receive contents of the plurality of adaptive media streams configured by an adaptive stream concatenation server as a multicast Internet Protocol (“
IP”
) stream containing a multi-channel television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format and compatible with the video distribution system wherein the plurality of receivers at least comprise set-top boxes;wherein the multicast IP stream containing the multi-channel television programming is encrypted; and the encrypted multicast IP stream received by each STB contains television programming in the streaming format to the STB of a television distribution system for distribution to the plurality of television receivers.
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