Christopher Goode

US Patent:

20170272492, Sep 21, 2017

Filed:

Jan 31, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/420584

Inventors:

- Philadelphia PA, US
Christopher W.B. Goode - Philadelphia PA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/54
H04L 12/939
H04L 29/08
H04N 21/231
H04N 21/2343
H04N 21/2381
H04N 21/258
H04N 21/2743
H04N 21/472
H04N 21/475
H04N 21/61
H04N 21/643
H04N 21/6437
H04N 21/8355
H04N 21/845
H04N 7/173

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for streaming content to an access network in an interactive information distribution system. The method encapsulates the content in accordance to an Internet Protocol (IP). The content is then transcoded into a format supported by the access network, and streamed over a distribution network to a remote server or to a subscriber terminal that is coupled to the access network. The apparatus is embodied as stream caching server for streaming the content encapsulated within the packet to access networks via a stream distribution network in response to a request for content. A packet processor is coupled to the stream server for processing the encapsulated content within the IP packets into a format native to the access network.