Patent ID: 6434562
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
A software management system for managing a digital video and data delivery system in which a plurality of channels are simultaneously available to at least one user, and wherein said user may request at least one of said plurality of video channels, comprising:means for managing a database containing user information; means for managing a plurality of channels including a plurality of video channels available on a bus and at least one bi-directional data channel, wherein said bi-directional data channel allows for communication with networks selected from the group consisting of internal and external networks; means for communicating with a plurality of central office master workstations in order to exchange information relating to said user information and said plurality of channels; means for processing a request from said user to view one of said plurality of video channels, wherein said means for processing is located within a central office; and means for delivering said at least one of said plurality of video channels and said at least one bi-directional data channel to said user over a communications channel.