1. A method of building transmission systems comprising of:
(a) providing a transmission media that possess an ability to propagate signals from one end to the other for the time, which depends on its length and material,
(b) providing two identical devices called transceivers connected to opposite ends of said media to send said signals to each other, and every of which is operable for performing acts of:
(1) representing its operation time, which is defined here as time when any signal sent by said transceivers is propagated through the transmission media, as a sequence of time intervals, every of which has a length equal to the time of propagation of said signals through said transmission media and called here Time Window, and
(2) synchronizing its said sequence with the sequence of the Time Windows of the other said transceiver so that beginnings of said Time Windows in said transceivers coincide, and
(3) dividing said Time Windows into plurality disjoint sub Time Windows, and
(4) assigning some of said sub Time Windows for transmission and assigning some other of them for reception, and
(5) establishing a correlation between said sequences, regarding which positions relative to the beginning of said Time Window and said lengths of all said sub Time Windows assigned for transmission in said Time Windows of one said sequence have to respectively correspond with said positions and said lengths of said sub Time Windows assigned for reception in the next said Time Window of the other said sequence,
\u2003whereby said method eliminates the influence of the propagation time on the efficiency of use resources of said transmission system and in the same time provides an opportunity of flexible distribution said resources between opposite directions.
2. The method of claim 1 further including an ability of choosing transmission rates for opposite directions of transmission independently, based on the parameters of said transmission line, the required quality of service, the levels of noise, and also on condition that an integer number of bits have to be transmitted for said Time Window and every said sub Time Windows,
whereby can be established, not sensitive to changes said directions of transmission and locked to said length of said Time Window, bit synchronization that contributes to higher said efficiency than in case when reestablishing said synchronization is necessary after every said change of said direction of transmission.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said transceivers are able to perform operations comprising of:
(a) generating a plurality of signals including one with power equal approximately zero for transmission through said transmission line, and
(b) switching to said signal with power zero and after this sending it into said transmission line, during said sub Time Windows used for reception,
whereby, as a result of using said signals with power zero, time of switching said transceivers from the transmission said signals to the reception said signals is eliminated.
4. The method of claim 3 further including an ability of choosing transmission rates for opposite directions of transmissions independently, based on the parameters of said transmission line, the required quality of service, the levels of noise, and also on condition that the integer numbers of bits have to be transmitted for said Time Window and every said sub Time Windows, whereby, by eliminating the influence of said propagation time, said switching time, and the need for reestablishing said bit synchronization every time when the direction of transmission is changed, achieves the best performance, and also, by locking said bit synchronization to the Time Window synchronization, it allows to keep said bit synchronization stable during possible fluctuations of said length of Time Windows.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein every said sequence includes said Time Windows, which have the same number of said sub Time Windows, lengths of every said sub Time Window, and positioning of said sub Time Windows inside said Time Window.
6. The method of claim 5, further including an ability comprising of:
(a) providing third transceiver connected accurately in the middle of said transmission line and synchronized with other two said transceivers, and
(b) using dedicated said sub Time Windows for communication said transceivers on both sides of said transmission line with said transceiver located in the middle of said transmission line,
whereby allowing redistribution said bandwidth of transmission system among three connected by fiber optic or copper cables transmission media transceivers without congestions and with the same level of efficiency and flexibility as in case of two said transceivers connected to opposite sides of said transmission line.
7. The method of claim 5, further including an ability of providing a repeater, which provides regeneration signals coming from both directions, and which is placed accurately in the middle of said transmission line and synchronized with two said transceivers,
whereby allowing two times increase the length of said transmission line.
8. The method of claim 4 wherein every of said sequences comprising of:
(a) providing for all odd said Time Windows one and the same inner arrangement of said sub Time Windows including number, length, and positioning relative to the beginning of said Time Window, and
(b) providing for all even said Time Windows one and the same, but different from one that have odd said Time Windows, inner arrangement of said sub Time Windows.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system to remotely manage a media content subscription, the media content subscription is provided to a consumer by a local media content provider and the system is accessible via a network by a computing device associated with the consumer, the system comprising:
a local point of presence, the local point of presence comprising:
a plurality of servers located within a media market associated with the local media content provider, the servers are configured to execute computer-programmed instructions to:
receive, from the computing device, a request to access media content that is available under the media content subscription;
capture the media content from the local media content provider and transform the captured media content into a digital stream, responsive to the request to access media content, the digital stream is suitable to stream over the network; and
stream the digital stream over the network,
the consumer, who uses the computing device, accesses the media content via the network.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a cloud-based server connected to the local point of presence via the network, the cloud-based server is configured to execute computer-programmed instructions to receive the digital stream from the local point of presence via the network.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of servers are further configured to execute computer-programmed instructions to receive, from the computing device, a request to record the media content.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the cloud-based server is further configured to execute, in response to the request to record the media content, computer-programmed instructions to store the digital stream received from the local point of presence.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the network includes the Internet.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a storage device to store at least one of user profile information, subscription information and account information.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of servers are further configured to execute computer-programmed instructions to receive a request to set-up an account and, in response to the request to set-up the account, create a user profile and an account that are stored on the storage device.
8. A method of enabling a consumer to remotely access a media content subscription, the method comprising:
providing a local point of presence to the consumer, the local point of presence including an address within a media market associated with a local media content provider;
allowing the consumer to use the address of the local point of presence to subscribe to the media content subscription from the local media content provider; and
receiving, at the address of the local point of presence, media content that is available to the consumer under the media content subscription from the local media content provider.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the allowing the consumer to use the address of the local point of presence to subscribe to media content comprises:
receiving, at the local point of presence, a subscription order from the consumer; and
submitting, from the local point of presence, the subscription order to the local media provider on behalf of the consumer, wherein the subscription order includes the address of the local point of presence.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving, at the local point of presence from the consumer, a request to access media content that is available under the media content subscription;
capturing, at the local point of presence, the requested media content from the local media content provider and transforming the captured media content into a digital stream, the digital stream being suitable for streaming over a network; and
streaming the digital stream over the network, via which the consumer, using a computing device, accesses the media content.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving the digital stream via the network at a cloud-based server, wherein the consumer, using the computing device, accesses the media content from the cloud-based server via the network.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
at the local point of presence, receiving a request to record the media content; and
at the cloud-based server, in response to the request to record the media content, storing the digital stream.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the request to access media content comprises a request to view the media content, the method further comprising, in response to the request to view, streaming the stored digital stream from the cloud-based server over the network.