STREAMING MEDIA DELIVERY ON MULTICAST NETWORKS FOR NETWORK AND SERVER BANDWIDTH MINIMIZATION AND ENHANCED PERSONALIZATION

摘要

A system for personalizing received transmissions includes a content source that provides multiple transmission streams over a transmission media. A plurality of receivers is included wherein each receiver selects portions of one or more of the transmission streams in accordance with a playlist for each user. The receiver renders the portions of the received transmissions in accordance with a schedule.