Inventors:
Richard Fickle - Sedalia CO, US
Jose Royo - Venice CA, US
Timothy Aron - Santa Monica CA, US
International Classification:
H04N007/16
H04N011/04
H04N011/02
H04N007/12
US Classification:
725/135000, 725/136000, 348/385100
Abstract:
The present invention provides for methods, systems, and devices for simultaneously receiving and processing multimedia asset packages transmitted by a plurality of multimedia content providers. The methods and systems of the present invention implement a multiport catcher appliance configured to receive a plurality of transmissions, simultaneously, from multiple content providers in a multimedia asset distribution system. The multimedia catcher receiver includes a multimedia network interface unit configured to simultaneously receive multimedia data segments from content providers, a multimedia network interface unit that provides the multimedia data segments to a receive unit, a receive unit configured to reconstruct and validate a multimedia asset package using multimedia data segments transmitted by a content provider, and a content management system to manage multimedia asset packages and provide multimedia asset packages to a multimedia server.