Awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the patent covers Haivision’s unique methodology of digital content delivery and audio/video viewing.

InStream is a platform-independent soft player delivering live and on-demand video content and related data and control interfaces to desktops and set-top boxes. InStream provides an easy-to-deploy, harmonious, secure, and controlled user experience throughout any organisation.

The InStream patent relates to recognising the platform of any content request over the network and the on-demand provisioning of a platform-specific application to that device. With InStream, when a user requests to view media through a simple web link, instantaneous communication is triggered with the client informing the server what platform the user has and if conditional access is implemented, who the user is.

After this simple communication, the player is sent to the user’s computer and is then launched according to user-specific content authorizations and player behaviouur. The player then provides straightforward and secure access to live channels, playback channels originating from disk, and video on demand.

Once the user closes the session, the player is removed completely from the end user’s machine. This on-demand provisioning of InStream eliminates the need for any specialised software to be pre-installed, managed, or updated on target platforms. Deploying InStream throughout a facility or an organisation is as simple as providing a single web link.

“We recognised that ease of deployment, combined with consistent and controlled cross-platform operation, heightens the user experience and are key requirements across all industries,” Haivision chief technology officer Joe Gaucher says.

“The technology covered by this patent is fundamental to addressing these requirements.”

Deployed in network video installations worldwide, the InStream player is used in educational campuses, corporate enterprises, hospitals and healthcare facilities for viewing secure live and on-demand media. Critical to InStream’s broad acceptance is the fact that it doesn’t require installation.

It is easy to deploy, works across all major platforms equally and delivers video securely. InStream’s unique features enable precise control of the video experience and detailed reporting on all user accesses and activities.

InStream is the player interface for Haivision’s Furnace IP video system. Coupled with Haivision’s Makito HD H.264 encoders or Barracuda SD H.264 encoders, the Furnace and InStream provide an end-to-end, secure IP video solution. InStream works on virtually any computer platform, including Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. InStream is also the interface for Haivision’s Stingray high-definition set-top box.