System to provide set top box configuration for content on demand
View Patent ↗A content on demand system includes logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of set top boxes.
1. A content on demand system comprising:
a content on demand server system comprising non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of service nodes; and
a plurality of service nodes each comprising non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose a service group identifier into the audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information and the service group identifier to a plurality of set top boxes;
non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to receive from a set top box a request for an audio and/or video stream, the request comprising the service group identifier communicated to the set top box and an identifier of a title of the audio and/or video stream, and to provide the audio and/or video stream to a service node corresponding to the service group identifier.
2. The content on demand system of claim 1 , wherein the set top box configuration information further comprises:
general configuration information, and configuration information for one or more groups of set top boxes.
3. The content on demand system of claim 1 , wherein the logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format further comprises:
logic to compose set top box configuration information expressed in extensible markup language into the audio and/or video stream format.
4. The content on demand system of claim 3 , wherein the set top box configuration information further comprises:
general configuration information, and configuration information for one or more groups of set top boxes.
5. A content on demand server comprising:
non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of service nodes; and
non-transitory machine memory and/or circuits comprising logic to receive from a set top box a request for an audio and/or video stream, the request comprising the service group identifier communicated to the set top box and an identifier of a title of the audio and/or video stream, and to provide the audio and/or video stream to a service node corresponding to the service group identifier.
6. The content on demand server system of claim 5 , wherein the set top box configuration information further comprises:
general configuration information, and configuration information for one or more groups of set top boxes.
7. The content on demand server system of claim 5 , wherein the logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format further comprises:
logic to compose set top box configuration information expressed in extensible markup language into the audio and/or video stream format.
8. The content on demand server system of claim 7 , wherein the set top box configuration information further comprises:
general configuration information, and configuration information for one or more groups of set top boxes.