To All PostsInteractive Content Engines, LLC v. Eros International Media Ltd. Patents
Case Filing Date: 2026-01-16
| Patent Number | Organic/Acquired | Forward Citation Count | Age Of Patent From Priority Date | Independent Claim Count | Claim 1 Word Count | Family Size | Patent Quality Score |
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| US7437472 | Acquired | 17 | 24 years, 2 months | 4 | 220 | 8 | 22 |
| US7644136 | Organic | 9 | 24 years, 2 months | 1 | 209 | 7 | 8 |
| Patent Summary | Independent Claim |
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| US7437472 - Interactive Broadband Server System The system comprises multiple processors interconnected through a high-speed backbone switch. RAID-organized storage devices distribute multimedia content across processors, enabling seamless assembly and delivery to subscriber locations. This configuration supports efficient, simultaneous content delivery and preprocessing for optimized performance. | 1. An interactive broadband server system, comprising: a plurality of processors, each having a port interface, a storage device interface, and a communication interface; a backbone switch including a plurality of ports, each of said plurality of ports coupled to a corresponding port interface of a corresponding one of said plurality of processors, wherein said backbone switch enables high speed communication between each of said plurality of processors; a plurality of storage devices coupled to and distributed across said plurality of processors, each said storage device having an interface coupled to a storage device interface of a corresponding one of said plurality of processors; wherein each of said plurality of processors is coupled between said backbone switch and said plurality of storage devices; said plurality of storage devices storing at least one title, each title divided into data chunks that are distributed across two or more of said plurality of storage devices; and a plurality user processes, each for execution on a corresponding one of said plurality of processors for interfacing a corresponding one of a plurality of subscriber locations via a corresponding communication interface, each user process operative to retrieve a requested title from two or more of said plurality of processors via said backbone switch and to assemble said requested title for delivery to a requesting subscriber location. |
| US7644136 - Virtual File System The virtual file system integrates storage processor nodes interconnected via a backbone switch. A virtual file manager executed on a management node oversees storage and retrieval of subchunked multimedia data across a distributed disk drive array. Its efficient directory structure accelerates access coordination. | 1. A virtual file system, comprising: a plurality of storage processor nodes, each comprising a processor and a plurality of disk drives coupled to said processor; a backbone switch, coupled to said plurality of storage processor nodes, that enables communication between each of said plurality of storage processor nodes; wherein each processor of each of said plurality of storage processor nodes is coupled between said backbone switch and said plurality of disk drives; wherein said plurality of disk drives of each of said plurality of storage processor nodes collectively comprise a disk drive array which stores a plurality of titles, each title divided into a plurality of subchunks which are distributed across said disk drive array in which each subchunk is stored on a disk drive of said disk drive array; and at least one management node coupled to said backbone switch, said at least one management node executing a virtual file manager which manages storage and access of each subchunk of said plurality of titles, and which maintains a plurality of directory entries including a directory entry for each title, each said directory entry comprising a list of subchunk location entries in which each subchunk location entry comprises a storage processor node identifier and a disk drive identifier. |
