Patent ID: 8997136
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a plurality of content to a consumer device in a content delivery network, said method comprising: receiving a selection of at least one of said plurality of content from said consumer device; sending a request for said selected at least one of said plurality of content to a server, said server determining that said selected at least one of said plurality of content is not currently being delivered to a service group to which said consumer device is associated, and based at least in part on said determination, selectively switching a content stream associated with said at least one of said plurality of content into a multi-program transport stream (MPTS) for delivery to said service group; receiving from said server said MPTS comprising said selected at least one of said plurality of content encoded in a first Internet Protocol (IP) format and at least a second one of said plurality of content encoded in a second non- demodulating said MPTS to extract one or more elementary streams associated with said selected at least one of said plurality of content; and providing said one or more elementary streams to said at least one of said plurality of consumer devices.