Patent ID: 9078033
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: one or more data servers configured to provide data services including both digital television services and video-on-demand services to end users; and a hybrid network infrastructure comprising: wherein the one or more coax servers are further configured to convert the first data transmissions for transmission to the first client devices over the first transmission infrastructure using the RF modulation scheme; each of the one or more coax servers is further configured to operate as a proxy for each of selected ones of the first client devices to which corresponding ones of the first data transmissions are directed by mediating requests from each of the selected ones of the first client devices for unicast content from the one or more data servers; the one or more data servers provide the data services to the first client devices via the second transmission infrastructure, the one or more coax servers, and the first transmission infrastructure; the one or more data servers provide the data services to second client devices associated with second ones of the end users, the second client devices receiving the data services via the second transmission infrastructure without using the first transmission infrastructure; and at least one coax server operates as a proxy by including a real time streaming protocol (RTSP) proxy configured to communicate with a RTSP client in at least one of the first client devices.