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US 10,764,644 B2Granted
Samples of content in streaming environments
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsNicholas Steven Huslak, Arnold Chester McQuaide, Jr.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, devices, and products provide sample content. A stream of data is sent that specifies samples of content available for a preview. A user, via a device, makes a selection from the stream of data. A filtered stream of data is sent that specifies remaining samples of content associated with the selection. Any of the remaining samples of content are thus available for the preview.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- sending an ancillary stream of data to a device, the ancillary stream of data specifying video samples that are available for a preview;
- prompting to reduce a bandwidth consumed by the video samples specified by the ancillary stream of data;
- receiving a first selection sent from the device, the first selection specifying a genre associated with the video samples specified by the stream of data;
- generating a filtered ancillary stream of data by filtering the ancillary stream of data to remove the video samples that fail to match the genre specified by the first selection sent from the device;
- sending the filtered ancillary stream of data to the device, the filtered ancillary stream of data specifying remaining video samples associated with the genre that remain after the filtering of the ancillary stream of data;
- receiving a second selection sent from the device, the second selection selecting a remaining video sample of the remaining video samples specified by the filtered ancillary stream of data;
- removing unselected video samples from the filtered ancillary stream of data not selected by the second selection;
- and
- streaming a video data representing the remaining video sample to the device as the preview.
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A method, comprising:
- sending, by a server, an ancillary stream of data to a device, the ancillary stream of data specifying video samples available for a preview;
- receiving, by the server, a first selection sent from the device, the first selection specifying a genre associated with a video sample of the video samples specified by the ancillary stream of data;
- prompting, by the server, to reduce a bandwidth consumed by the video samples specified by the ancillary stream of data;
- filtering, by the server, the ancillary stream of data to generate a filtered ancillary stream of data, the ancillary stream of data filtered to remove the video samples unassociated with the genre specified by the first selection sent from the device;
- sending, by the server, the filtered ancillary stream of data to the device, the filtered ancillary stream of data specifying remaining video samples associated with the genre that remain after the filtering of the ancillary stream of data;
- receiving, by the server, a second selection sent from the device, the second selection selecting a remaining video sample of the remaining video samples specified by the filtered ancillary stream of data;
- removing, by the server, unselected video samples from the filtered ancillary stream of data not selected by the second selection;
- and
- streaming, by the server, a video data representing the remaining video sample to the device as the preview.
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A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- sending an ancillary stream of data to a device, the ancillary stream of data specifying video samples available for a preview;
- receiving a first selection sent from the device, the first selection specifying a genre associated with the video samples specified by the ancillary stream of data;
- prompting to reduce a bandwidth consumed by the video samples specified by the ancillary stream of data;
- generating a filtered ancillary stream of data by performing a first filtering operation that filters the ancillary stream of data according to the genre that removes the video samples unassociated with the genre specified by the first selection sent from the device;
- sending remaining video samples of the filtered ancillary stream of data to the device, the remaining video samples remaining after the first filtering operation of the ancillary stream of data according to the genre;
- receiving a second selection sent from the device, the second selection selecting a remaining video sample of the remaining video samples specified by the filtered ancillary stream of data;
- performing a second filtering operation that filters the remaining video samples of the filtered ancillary stream of data according to the second selection;
- and
- streaming a video data representing the remaining video sample to the device as the preview.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.