Patent ID: 7634796

Claim:
Apparatus for adapting asset delivery within a heterogeneous multimedia video-on-demand distribution system having service provider equipment and at least one set top terminal, comprising: means for determining at the service provider equipment, for each set top terminal (STT) requesting a session for video content in the heterogeneous multimedia video-on-demand distribution system, a capability level of said STT and a capability level of the distribution network; means, coupled to the means for determining, for selecting, from a plurality of available versions of video content for provisioning at the STT and a plurality of available versions of navigation assets for navigating video content stored on said service provider equipment, one of said versions of video content and one of said versions of navigation assets for navigating the selected version of video content in response to a request for content from the STT, wherein the versions of video content and navigation assets are selected to be appropriate to said capability level of said STT; and means, coupled to the means for selecting, for mapping the selected navigation asset to said selected video content and providing the mapped navigation asset and video content to the STT in response to STT communications.