VideoExpress: a meta-service system for video on demand

Author

Nishio, Makoto ; Yoshida, Makiko ; Nakai, Sho-Ichiro

Author_Institution

C&C Syst. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

13-14 Jul 1994

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

90

Abstract

In designing video on demand (VOD) service management, an appropriate promotion is necessary to encourage attraction of information providers. We define some functionalities of VOD service management as VOD meta-services and then propose a VOD meta-service system, named VideoExpress. It allows one to support VOD services from an information providers´ standpoint. One goal for VideoExpress is to manage video programs by using a functional cycle that comprises phases of trend analysis, service planning and meta-service delivery. We also introduce a location mapping (that is required for the VideoExpress operations) as a new network control item. Then we discuss some advantages of the location mapping

Keywords

administrative data processing; computer networks; service industries; video recording; video signals; VOD meta-service system; VOD service management; VideoExpress; VideoExpress operations; functional cycle; information providers; location mapping; meta-service delivery; meta-service system; network control item; service planning; trend analysis; video on demand; video programs; Costs; Fluctuations; Laboratories; National electric code; Network servers; Quality of service; Routing; Signal processing; US Department of Transportation; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Community Networking Integrated Multimedia Services to the Home, 1994., Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2076-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CN.1994.337361

Filename

337361