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US 11,445,270 B2Granted
Content information for manifest determination
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAlexander Giladi, Yasser Syed
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for managing content. A content asset may be stored as a plurality of content segments. The plurality of content segments may comprise one or more identifiers that may be used to generate a manifest file for playback of the content asset.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a first device, a failure to access a manifest associated with a plurality of content segments generated by a second device;
- determining, based on determining the failure to access the manifest, a plurality of identifiers stored in the plurality of content segments and indicative of different types of data structure elements;
- and
- generating, by the first device and based on the plurality of identifiers, a manifest file for facilitating playback of the plurality of content segments.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a first device, a plurality of content segments generated by a second device and associated with a content asset;
- determining, based on the plurality of content segments, a plurality of identifiers indicative of different types of data structure elements associated with playback of the content asset;
- and
- generating, by the first device and based on the plurality of identifiers, a manifest file for facilitating playback of the plurality of content segments.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a first device, a plurality of content segments associated with a content asset;
- determining, for at least one of the plurality of content segments, a plurality of identifiers indicative of different types of data structure elements, wherein the plurality of identifiers facilitate generating a manifest file comprising data for playback of the plurality of content segments;
- causing the plurality of identifiers to be stored in the at least one of the plurality of content segments;
- and
- sending, to a second device, the plurality of content segments comprising the stored plurality of identifiers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.