H04N 21/262

Content or additional data distribution scheduling

Official title: Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists {(scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62)}

H04N21/262 (Content or additional data distribution scheduling) appears on 6,510 US grants and 7,985 published applications in this corpus.

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