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Fixed video-on-demand

  • US 5,724,646 A
  • Filed: 06/15/1995
  • Issued: 03/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing video-on-demand of the type wherein a video program is repeatedly transmitted at a staggered time interval from a video-on-demand-server to a viewbox wherein the viewbox receives a request for the video program, the method comprising the steps of:

  • repeatedly transmitting a beginning portion of the video program from the video-on-demand-server to the viewbox at a second staggered time interval;

    and at a receiver end;

    selecting a next commenced beginning portion of the video program for output by the viewbox, responsive to the request for the video program;

    selecting and storing an in-progress one of a plurality of repeated transmissions of the video program in a buffer associated with the viewbox, responsive to the request for the video program; and

    contiguously splicing an immediately previous transmission of the video program stored in the buffer, to a conclusion of the beginning portion of the video program, for output by the viewbox.

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