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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8019941 | Loosely coupled mass storage computer cluster having a set of data storage controllers interoperable for reading and writing data objects A method and apparatus redundantly store data, in particular video data objects, in a distributed computer system having at least three processor systems, each processor system being connected in point to point two way channel interconnection with each other process... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015584 | Delivering interactive content to a remote subscriber A method for interactive delivery of multimedia content includes accepting interactive multimedia content encoded in a multiplexed data stream, the stream includes segments that at least some include control data for presentation of the content. The method also incl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7971223 | Method and system of queued management of multimedia storage A queue management module receives a message to queue location information for multimedia content. The queue management module stores the location information in a queue corresponding to a subscriber. The queue management module receives a message for location infor... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7882425 | Data error control Multiple corruptions and/or erasures in data storage or data communication systems are corrected. An encoder generates M of parity fields from N data channels. Each item of the generated parity fields is the result of simple exclusive-or operations on one item from ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7716566 | Data error control Multiple corruptions and/or erasures in data storage or data communication systems are corrected. An encoder generates M of parity fields from N data channels. Each item of the generated parity fields is the result of simple exclusive-or operations on one item from ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7451467 | Content/service handling and delivery An enhanced playback method including receiving real time content from source links connected to a sources, simultaneously storing the real time content as stored content using a fault tolerant and load balancing method, aggregating the real time content and stored ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7231132 | Trick-mode processing for digital video A method for processing digital video data intended for normal mode display to obtain corresponding digital video data for trick-mode display includes modifying the normal mode digital video data to achieve a substantially uniform delivery rate to a video client. Th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7155674 | Accessing television services A television system allows viewers to access a number of different groups of television content, or “service aggregates.” A portal interface for each group provides a direct means for the viewer to navigate between members of a service aggregate, without necessa... | 12/26/2006 |
