Patent ID: 6023731
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for delivering analog data on demand from a multiple channel digital media server, the method comprising the steps of:extracting a plurality of program packet identifiers from a plurality of digital data streams;transmitting a plurality of control commands for a plurality of converter channels to a control channel in response to a user selection, the plurality of control commands comprising at least one of the extracted plurality of program packet identifiers; andtransmitting at least one of the plurality of digital data streams to at least one channel of the plurality of converter channels, the at least one channel of the plurality of converter channels converting the transmitted at least one of the plurality of digital data streams to at least one of a plurality of analog data streams in response to the at least one of the extracted plurality of program packet identifiers and transmitting the at least one of a plurality of analog data streams to a client without requiring the client to perform decompression of the data stream after the data is received.