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US 11,539,777 B2Granted
Streaming and downloading of content
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsBruce Bradley, Robert Knee
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and software are described for providing content to a device comprising streaming content and sending content in a non-streaming manner (e.g., by downloading a file containing the content). In some aspects, switching between streaming and downloading may be performed in a dynamic manner during presentation of the content, and may be seamless to the user's viewing experience.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first computing device, at a first time, and via streaming from a second computing device, a content item;
- determining, at a second time, that a quality of the streaming falls below a threshold quality;
- receiving, based on the determining and via downloading from the second computing device, at a same level of video quality as the streaming at the first time, the content item;
- and
- stopping, based on determining that a threshold amount of the content item has been downloaded, the streaming.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- sending, by a second computing device, at a first time, and via streaming to a first computing device, a content item;
- determining, at a second time, that a quality of the streaming falls below a threshold quality;
- sending, based on the determining, via uploading to the first computing device, and at a same level of video quality as the streaming at the first time, the content item;
- and
- stopping, based on determining that a threshold amount of the content item has been uploaded, the streaming.
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A method comprising:
- sending, by a second computing device, at a first time, and via streaming to a plurality of computing devices, a content item;
- receiving, at a second time, and from a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, an indication that a quality of the streaming falls below a threshold quality;
- and
- sending, based on the indication, via uploading to the first computing device, and at a same level of video quality as the streaming at the first time, the content item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.