METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING 'LAST MILE' BANDWIDTH THROUGH NON-REAL-TIME PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER (PVR) TRANSMISSION IN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SYSTEMS

摘要

A system includes a head-end encoder configured to stream a television program to an intermediate server (104) operably coupled to the head end encoder at a first bit rate; and a user device (106) operably coupled to the intermediate server (104); wherein the intermediate server (104) is configured to selectively stream the television program to the user device (106) at less than the first bit rate.