Appeal No. 2005-0129
Application No. 09/406,353
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a video-on-demand (VOD) distribution system
where, depending upon the bandwidth available, the system will transmit the most
appropriate copy of the media information. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 17, which is reproduced below.
17. In a video-on-demand (VOD) distribution system comprising provider
equipment and subscriber equipment, said provider equipment providing VOD
content to said subscriber equipment via a forward channel, said subscriber
equipment requesting said VOD content via a back channel, a method
comprising the steps of:
determining whether said VOD distribution system has sufficient
bandwidth available to provide VOD content requested by a subscriber;
providing, in the event of appropriate bandwidth availability, said
requested VOD content to said subscriber using content encoded in a manner
adapted to utilize said appropriate bandwidth; and
providing, in the event of minimum bandwidth availability, said requested
VOD content to said subscriber using content encoded in a manner adapted to
utilize minimum bandwidth.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is as
follows:
Hang 5,115,309 May 19, 1992
Brown 5,822,530 Oct. 13, 1998
Ravi et al. (Ravi) 6,292,834 Sep.18, 2001
(filed Mar. 14, 1997)
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