Cloud to Cable TV is the platform that makes it easy to send music channels, video channels, video on demand, and any other multimedia streaming content to millions of subscribers.  Cloud to Cable enables a friendly distribution system for media owners, content providers, to subscribers in IPTV, Cable TV, OTT, or even satellite operators.

We have developed a technology that sim greatly simplifies multimedia delivery of deliver music & TV content to cable operators and mobile devices, all in one-stop shop. Upload your content to our online drive or cloud storage, and get ready for distribution and monetization.;

Our intellectual property portfolio includes the following assets:

• US patents
• European patents
• Software and trade secrets

Our patented innovative technology is called:    CLOUD to CABLE

In essence, cloud to cable brings value by bringing to you, an easy way to do:

• Music broadcasting to Operators, mobile, IPTV, cable TV, or even satellite,
• Modern virtualization and cloud technologies integrated into our software,
• Broadcasting with fault-tolerance, ready for high-reliability, and great quality of service.
• Parallel transcoding meaning you can deliver 5, 10, 50, even 100 music or TV channels depending on the hardware chosen, number of instances, and bandwidth purchased from us,
• Web-based approach, yes all is web-based, no funky DIGICIPHER II, MPEG TS, or any of that, all if works on the web, works with Cable TV, Satellite, all and all.
• Interactive and VOD integration
• TV & Music all in one Platform

PDF file with our presentation slide deck:

Patent Issued for One of Our Media Streaming Technologies

As you have read in my blog, Cloud-to-Cable is a platform and technology that merges the worlds of cloud and Cable TV.

One of the main objectives of the patent and as you can read in the description is to:

” ……   systems, devices, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for media delivery from a cloud or IP-based distribution network, or CDN (Content Delivery Network) to MSO (Multiple System Operators) or head-ends that include cable and satellite delivery mechanisms. The present technology unifies cloud-based delivery (Mediamplify cloud) with the cable-based mechanism (e.g. Comcast, Verizon FiOS).” 

I filed for patent protection in the US and Europe for the methods and system called: “Method, system, and apparatus for multimedia content delivery to cable tv and satellite operators” now protected under US Patent 10,123,074 that will be published and formally issued on November 6th, 2018.  This patent protection gives me the exclusive rights in the US, and we are applying to Europe and other countries, for our method and system to broadcast TV and Music stations on Cable TV, OTT, IPTV, and other MVPD systems. The technology in place is in use by our Music for Cableproduct and is now branded under MEVIA : Cloud to Cable. The patents are owned by me and are available for licensing, including all specifications, and software to create our broadcasting network appliance (MEVIA Network Appliance)

Ted Deutch – Boca’s Congress Representative on HR.6557 – Inventors Protection Act

Ted Deutch is a well-known congressman that represents the area were EGLA COMMUNICATIONS is located, and after sending some emails to Mr. Deutch regarding how the new system in place for patent enforcement is no longer favorable for innovation and on the contrary is a incentive to steal technology and use it without paying royalties.  The HR. 6557 is a new legislation called “Inventors Protection Act” that aims to assist and help inventors protect their Intellectual Property after their patents have been issued by the USPTO.

Let’s recall new changes made in the USPTO regarding software patents, specially Alice and American Invent Act changes made, not forgetting IPRs and the PTAB processes now in place.

EGLA is glad to see our Congress react and move in the right direction and we are hopeful these efforts will fructify soon.

A few years back our team received a visit or this congressman at our offices in FAU – Research Park, before we moved to the EGLAVATOR.

Music for Cable and CLOUD TO CABLE

Sites Relaunched: cloudtocable.com, cloudforcable.com, musicforcable.com and ubiquicast.com

Music Choice vs Stingray Digital – Case 2:16-cv-586-JRG-RSP

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We will discuss in the article, the judge’s order (Judge Roy Payne) and memorandum regarding all the claims terms and its construction. As expected, the judge went for:

“[C]laims ‘must be read in view of the specification, of which they are a part.’” Id. (quoting Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 52 F.3d 967, 979 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en banc)). “[T]he specification ‘is always highly relevant to the claim construction analysis.

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As shown, in all cases where Music Choice made a simple term definition, Judge Payne went for the simplest and more appropriate meaning to the words. Music Choice won pretty much all terms in their favor and in all “indefinite” arguments did not move an inch in favor of Stingray. Hence the judge also sided with Music Choice’s arguments and claim construction. For instance:

• What was the goal on trying to interpret a Cable TV system as it if was not a digital system? I don’t really understand why Greenberg did not agree to this simple term?  And the judge sided with Music Choice: “Accordingly, the Court rejects Defendants’ proposed “not a digital network” and “signal” limitations and determines the transmission-system terms have their plain and ordinary meaning without the need for further construction.”   The claim recites a first transmission and a second transmission system,
• The same thing with “multicast,” this is a well-known term in all Cable TV systems, where multicasting is used to transmit all Linear TV signals. “Accordingly, the Court rejects Defendants’ proposed “not a digital network” and “signal” limitations and determines the transmission-system terms have their plain and ordinary meaning without the need for further construction.”
• A very similar analysis is found with the term “trigger message” where the judge sided with the same simple meaning as follows:” Accordingly, the Court construes “trigger message” as follows: “trigger message” means “message configured to initiate an action”
• And you can find a very similar argument for most of the terms in dispute.

All the evidence is sealed and there is no way to see exactly how these terms match the device in dispute, however, Music Choice’s attorneys should be prepared and if those terms were favorable to them, now one can asume that their evidence to match these terms is solid.

We will keep track on this case and how this develops, on a different note, Music Choice also got hit by Stingray with several IPRs:

Music Choice then has to defend the following IPR cases filed by Stingray Digital regarding this particular case:

• Trial Number – IPR2017-01450
  Filing Date – 5/18/2017
  Patent # – 9,414,121
  Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ON-DEMAND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE
  Patent Owner –  MUSIC CHOICE
  Petitioner – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
  Tech Center – 2400
• Trial Number – IPR2017-01192
  Filing Date – 3/31/2017
  Patent # – 8,769,602
  Title – SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, VISUAL COMPLEMENT TO AN AUDIO PROGRAM
  Patent Owner –  MUSIC CHOICE
  Petitioner – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
  Tech Center – 2400
• Trial Number – IPR2017-01191
  Filing Date – 3/30/2017
  Patent # – 9,351,045
  Title – SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE AND AN ON-DEMAND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICE
  Patent Owner –  MUSIC CHOICE
  Petitioner – Stingray Digital Group Inc.
  Tech Center – 2400
• And maybe others http://www.gbpatent.com/content/uploads/IPR.pdf

For example we found:  http://ptolitigationcenter.com/2017/05/pto-litigation-report-may-19-2017/

Disclosure: EGLA, which I own, provided a platform for DMX for digital music distribution. Stingray acquired DMX Music but not our technology and kept its own music delivery system, the infringing system now. However, EGLA owns a patented technology that is called “CLOUD to CABLE TV“ that enables delivery of linear music channels to Cable TV subscribers in a more clever, fault-tolerant, and efficient way than these patents disputed here. Source: http://edwinhernandez.com/2016/08/01/platform-nternet-tv-music/

https://www.slideshare.net/edwinhm/egla-communications-cloud-to-cable-tv-licensing-proposal?qid=9a8ef586-78a7-45a5-b02f-fc6ad1e0a95a&v=&b=&from_search=1

and,

Patent for MediaPlug  for the Cloud to Cable TV – WIPO Format

EGLA CORP has a patented technology, superior to all the patented technologies out there, that brings the Cloud -based systems and generated images for music and TV channels that can be overlapped.  The Cloud to Cable TV system provides:

• A system to convert HTML5 to Video, MPEG-4 or MPEG2Video, or H.265
• A fault-tolerant system for MVPD and MSO’s – Cable TV Systems
• Streaming for M3U8, HTTP Streaming, and compatible with other technologies
• Virtualized TV in a box system with Cloud

The device is called MediaPlug and also contains other Management APIs, as well as a good implementation tested with:

• Cisco
• Ericsson
• Huawei
• and Many other multi-plexers

Advantages over all other systems

There is no dependency into any Set Top Box or DOCSIS 2.0, DOCSIS 3.0, or other MPEG frames or dependencies in changes to STB.

All the systems, are fault-tolerant and enable great reliability and remote management system for all distribution devices

Uses standard DSL/Cable Modem technologies with the system to deliver 50, 100, 200 music channels, and 10-20 HD/SD/4K TV Channels.

Many more advantages that are benefit DRM security, provisioning, and tracking for media playback.