CROSS PLATFORM ENTERTAINMENT ARCHITECTURE

• US 20100333151A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gemstar Development Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Huang, Wen
• Application Number:
  US12/495,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20100333151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64707 for transferring content from a first network to a second network, e.g. between IP and wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A broadcast video platform that includes a first communications interface, a second communications interface, and a decoder. The first communications interface is coupled to a broadcast-based user equipment device and is configured to receive a request for a video item from the user equipment device according to a first transport protocol. The second communications interface is coupled to a server and configured to provide to the server the request according to a second transport protocol and to receive the video item in binary format. The decoder is configured to decode the requested video item.

Claims

1. A broadcast video platform comprising:

a first communications interface coupled to a broadcast-based user equipment device, wherein the communications interface is configured to receive a request for a video item from the user equipment device according to a first transport protocol;

a second communications interface coupled to a server, wherein the second communications interface is configured to provide to the server the request according to a second transport protocol, and wherein the second communications interface is configured to receive the video item from the server in a binary format; and

a decoder for decoding the video item.

2. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, further comprising an encoder for encoding the video item into a broadcast signal.

3. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, wherein the decoder is configured to decode a BiM binary XML document.

4. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, wherein the second transport protocol is http.

5. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, wherein the request according to the second transport protocol is expressed as an XML listing in a SOAP envelope.

6. The broadcast video platform of claim 5, wherein the SOAP envelope includes a header section and a body section, and wherein the body section includes an identifier corresponding to the user equipment device.

7. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, wherein the second communications interface is configured to receive a response message from the server.

8. The broadcast video platform of claim 1 further comprising a memory for storing at least a portion of the video item.

9. The broadcast video platform of claim 1 further comprising a processor and a storage device connected to the processor, and wherein the instructions when executed by the processor comprise uncompressing the video item.

10. The broadcast video platform of claim 1 further comprising a buffer manager for dividing the video item into segments.

11. The broadcast video platform of claim 1, wherein the video item comprises Internet content.

12. A server comprising:

a processor;

a storage device connected to the processor, wherein the storage device is encoded with instructions, and wherein the instructions when executed by the processor comprise;

receive a request for a video item, wherein the request is expressed as an XML listing in a SOAP envelope, wherein the SOAP envelope includes a header section and a body section, and wherein the body section includes an identifier corresponding to a user equipment device used to request the video item; and

receive the video item;

encode the video item into a binary format; and

transmit the video item in a SOAP envelope.

13. A content management system comprising:

a content repository configured to store a video item;

a server configured to receive a request for the video item, and wherein the server is configured to respond to a request for the video item from a requesting entity;

a buffer manager configured to segment the video item based on a buffer management policy that corresponds to a second buffer management policy associated with the requesting entity; and

a web service module configured to facilitate communication between the requesting entity and the server.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the server includes an application server and a database server, wherein the database server is coupled to the content repository.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the web service module protocol is SOAP, and wherein the request is expressed as an XML listing in a SOAP envelope having a header section and a body section.

16. The system of claim 13 further comprising a media guidance module configured to provide program information to the requesting entity, wherein the program information includes program information about Internet content.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the requesting entity is a gateway.

18. A system comprising:

a processor;

a storage device connected to the processor, wherein the storage device is encoded with instructions, and wherein the instructions when executed by the processor comprise;

rendering a plurality of program listings for display to a user, wherein the program listings include a broadcast content item and an Internet content item; and

receiving a request for the Internet content item, wherein the request conforms to the SOAP protocol.

19. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a video item from the user equipment device according to a first transport protocol;

providing the request to a server according to a second transport protocol;

receiving the video item from the server in a binary format; and

decoding the video item.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising encoding the video item into a broadcast signal.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein decoding includes decoding a BiM binary XML document.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the second transport protocol is http.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the request according to the second transport protocol is expressed as an XML listing in a SOAP envelope.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the SOAP envelope includes a header section and a body section, and wherein the body section includes an identifier corresponding to the user equipment device.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving a response message.

26. The method of claim 19 further comprising storing at least a portion of the video item.

27. The method of claim 19 further comprising uncompressing the video item.

28. The method of claim 19 further comprising dividing the video item into segments.

29. The method of claim 19 wherein the video item comprises Internet content.

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