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Ralph W. Brown
Researcher at CableLabs
Publications - 14
Citations - 1817
Ralph W. Brown is an academic researcher from CableLabs. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & Hybrid fibre-coaxial. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 14 publications receiving 1817 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph W. Brown include Bell Labs.
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Inter-active program guide with default selection control
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for providing a full service cable television system is described, which consists of a cable head end, at least one fiber transport, at at least a distribution hub, at a hybrid fiber coax plant, and a plurality of set-top terminals.
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Integrated broadcast application with broadcast portion having option display for access to on demand portion
TL;DR: In this paper, an interactive integrated application, having a broadcast portion and an on-demand portion, is provided to a user station via a communication network, where the broadcast portion of the application is broadcast over a first channel to a plurality of user stations from an application source.
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Method And System For Restricting Access To User Resources
TL;DR: In this paper, a client sends a request to a WGPS to access a service provided by a site in the walled garden, which traps the message from the client and looks up the site in a table to determine the access control list (ACL) for the site.
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Method and system for authorizing and authenticating users
TL;DR: In this article, a walled garden proxy server (WGPS) controls access to the walled-garden by sending a request to the WGPS including a plot number identifying the service and a ticket granting the client access.
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Method and apparatus for processing requests for video presentations of interactive applications in which VOD functionality is provided during NVOD presentations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a method and apparatus for processing requests for video presentations of particular interactive applications, such as near-video-on-demand (NVOD) presentations of interactive applications.