Method and system for delivering media services and application over networks

US6769127B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Minerva Networks, Inc · US

Inventors

• Mauro Bonomi · Palo Alto, US
• Jean-Georges Fritsch · Los Altos, US
• Patrick James Sweeney · Palo Alto, US
• Randolph Osborne · San Jose, US
• Charles Francis Morris, Jr. · San Jose, US
• Reed Majors · Palo Alto, US
• Francis Degrange · Saratoga, US
• Ian Locke · Mountain View, US
• Johnny C. Y. Ng · San Jose, US
• Yousheng Cao · Mountain View, US
• Li Liu · Sunnyvale, US
• Nam Do · Milpitas, US
• Ronald D. Howe · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/816
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A media system that centrally manages and stores media contents and also controls the delivery of media content to subscribers is disclosed. According to one aspect, an administrator can control program scheduling, rates, service packages and system configuration for a media delivery system. Additionally, the administrator may also control billing, transaction monitoring, and customer relations. According to another aspect, the media delivery system provides subscribers with centrally managed storage for paused or recorded media. Still another aspect is that the media delivery system can restrict various administrators to different modules of the media delivery system.