Identifying a signal route for delivery of video-on-demand to a subscriber terminal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9100703
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13843104

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A set top box includes an interface to a video on demand system, the interface adapted to receive communications from one or more modulators of a modulator group of the video on demand system. The set top further includes a decoder configured to extract a modulator group identifier periodically inserted into communications directed the set top box from the one or more modulators, the modulator group identifier unique to a physical transmission path from a headend of the video on demand system to the one or more modulators. The set top includes a video-on-demand request interface to the video on demand system, the video on demand request interface configured to output a request for video on demand data including the modulator group identifier.

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  • ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.;BROADBAND ROYALTY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Poole, Andrew J B Louisville, US 7 82
Schiller, Jay B Denver, US 11 706

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