Virtual Aggregation Processor for incorporating reverse path feedback into content delivered on a forward path
First Claim
1. A virtual aggregation processor system, comprising:
- a content integrator for receiving multi-media content from at least one multi-media content source;
a unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path, connected to and shared by a plurality of wireless end user devices, for concurrently transmitting multi-media content from the content integrator to the plurality of wireless end user devices;
a plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths, each separate from the unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path and unique to each of the plurality of wireless end user devices, for transmitting end user content modification data from each of the plurality of wireless end user devices;
a virtual feedback aggregator for collecting content modification data received over the plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths from the plurality of wireless end user devices;
a content processor assimilating the collected content modification data; and
wherein the content integrator is connected to the content processor and dynamically modifies the multi-media content based on the assimilated aggregated content modification data received from the plurality of wireless end user devices.
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Abstract
The Virtual Aggregation Processor enables end user devices to share a common wireless forward path of a multicast communication architecture in which the forward path delivered content is dynamically changed or modified based on a real-time, near-real-time, or delay-time basis via aggregated reverse path feedback from at least one of a plurality of end user devices. The Virtual Aggregation Processor periodically or continuously aggregates the feedback input received via the reverse path (having wired and/or wireless connectivity), modifies the forward path multi-media content, and delivers this dynamically modified multi-media content to the then connected population of end user devices via a wireless forward path multicast in a repetitive closed loop fashion.
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10 Claims
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1. A virtual aggregation processor system, comprising:
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a content integrator for receiving multi-media content from at least one multi-media content source; a unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path, connected to and shared by a plurality of wireless end user devices, for concurrently transmitting multi-media content from the content integrator to the plurality of wireless end user devices; a plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths, each separate from the unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path and unique to each of the plurality of wireless end user devices, for transmitting end user content modification data from each of the plurality of wireless end user devices; a virtual feedback aggregator for collecting content modification data received over the plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths from the plurality of wireless end user devices; a content processor assimilating the collected content modification data; and wherein the content integrator is connected to the content processor and dynamically modifies the multi-media content based on the assimilated aggregated content modification data received from the plurality of wireless end user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a virtual aggregation processor system, comprising:
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receiving multi-media content from at least one multi-media content source; wirelessly transmitting multi-media content over a unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path, connected to and shared by a plurality of wireless end user devices, concurrently to a plurality of wireless end user devices; transmitting end user content modification data from each of the plurality of wireless end user devices over a plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths, each separate from the unidirectional wireless forward broadcast path and unique to each of the plurality of wireless end user devices; collecting content modification data received over the plurality of wireless private reverse communication paths from the plurality of wireless end user devices; assimilating the collected content modification data; and dynamically modifying the multi-media content based on the assimilated aggregated content modification data received from selected wireless end user devices. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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