Patent ID: 9723267
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A content distribution system for efficient transmission of a plurality of High Definition (HD) programs over a content distribution network, comprising: first apparatus configured to receive said plurality of HD programs; second apparatus operatively coupled to said first apparatus and configured to process said plurality of HD programs based on a plurality of operator-controlled rules, via a creation of a multiple-input multiple-output multiplex of at least portions of said plurality of HD programs; and transmission apparatus configured to transmit each of said processed HD programs across a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channels, said transmission apparatus comprising a plurality of modulators; wherein said multiple-input multiple-output multiplex is rendered more efficient based at least in part on use of said plurality of HD programs and said transmission of different portions of individual ones of said HD programs across different ones of said plurality of RF channels; and wherein at least one of said plurality of operator-controlled rules causes transmission of selected ones of said plurality of HD programs to be constrained to a smaller subset of said different ones of said plurality of RF channels based at least in part on a detection of an error in at least one of transmission or reception of said plurality of HD programs, said transmission comprising transmission of said constrained and non-constrained programming across said plurality of RF channels.