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US 11,805,162 B2Granted
Packaging content for delivery
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsJames Barkley, Weidong Mao
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Abstract
Systems and methods for delivering content to user equipment are described. The content may be delivered using Internet Protocol (IP) delivery, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) delivery, or another delivery format. For example, the system may receive content including a plurality of segments. The system may use manifest data to identify each of the plurality of segments. The system may also use the manifest data to generate index data for the plurality of segments, and the index data may be delivered to user devices with the plurality of segments. In some aspects, the system may use location information (e.g., timestamps, such as program clock references) for one or more data packet of the one of the plurality of segments to generate location information for other data packets.
Claims42
A method comprising:
- receiving a request for content, wherein the request is associated with a second format different from a first format in which the content is stored, and wherein position information for content in the first format is indicated in fewer than all content segments of the content;
- and
- based on the request, sending, to at least one user device, a plurality of content segments in the second format, wherein:
- position information is indicated in each of the plurality of content segments in the second format,
- a first content segment of the plurality of content segments in the second format comprises first position information that is also in a first content segment of the content in the first format, and
- other content segments of the plurality of content segments in the second format each comprise position information that is based on the first position information.
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A method comprising:
- sending, to at least one user device and based on manifest data for content, a first content segment of a plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the first content segment comprises first position information for the content;
- and
- sending at least one subsequent content segment of the plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the at least one subsequent content segment comprises second position information that is based on:
- the first position information;
- and
- a total quantity of content segments in the plurality of content segments of the content.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- receive a request for content, wherein the request is associated with a second format different from a first format in which the content is stored, and wherein position information for content in the first format is indicated in fewer than all content segments of the content;
- and
- based on the request, send, to at least one user device, a plurality of content segments in the second format, wherein:
- position information is indicated in each of the plurality of content segments in the second format,
- a first content segment of the plurality of content segments in the second format comprises first position information that is also in a first content segment of the content in the first format, and
- other content segments of the plurality of content segments in the second format each comprise position information that is based on the first position information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- send, to at least one user device and based on manifest data for content, a first content segment of a plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the first content segment comprises first position information for the content;
- and
- send at least one subsequent content segment of the plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the at least one subsequent content segment comprises second position information that is based on:
- the first position information;
- and
- a total quantity of content segments in the plurality of content segments of the content.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- receiving a request for content, wherein the request is associated with a second format different from a first format in which the content is stored, and wherein position information for content in the first format is indicated in fewer than all content segments of the content;
- and
- based on the request, sending, to at least one user device, a plurality of content segments in the second format, wherein:
- position information is indicated in each of the plurality of content segments in the second format,
- a first content segment of the plurality of content segments in the second format comprises first position information that is also in a first content segment of the content in the first format, and
- other content segments of the plurality of content segments in the second format each comprise position information that is based on the first position information.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- sending, to at least one user device and based on manifest data for content, a first content segment of a plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the first content segment comprises first position information for the content;
- and
- sending at least one subsequent content segment of the plurality of content segments of the content, wherein the at least one subsequent content segment comprises second position information that is based on:
- the first position information;
- and
- a total quantity of content segments in the plurality of content segments of the content.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device;
- and
- a second computing device,
- wherein the first computing device is configured to:
- receive a request for content from the second computing device, wherein the request is associated with a second format different from a first format in which the content is stored, and wherein position information for content in the first format is indicated in fewer than all content segments of the content;
- and
- based on the request, send, to at least the second computing device, a plurality of content segments in the second format, wherein:
- the second computing device is configured to receive the plurality of content segments in the second format,
- position information is indicated in each of the plurality of content segments in the second format,
- a first content segment of the plurality of content segments in the second format comprises first position information that is also in a first content segment of the content in the first format, and
- other content segments of the plurality of content segments in the second format each comprise position information that is based on the first position information.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device;
- and
- a second computing device,
- wherein the first computing device is configured to:
- send, to at least the second computing device and based on manifest data for content, a first content segment of a plurality of content segments of the content,
- wherein the second computing device is configured to receive the first content segment of the plurality of content segments of the content,
- wherein the first content segment comprises first position information for the content, and
- send at least one subsequent content segment of the plurality of content segments of the content,
- wherein the at least one subsequent content segment comprises second position information that is based on:
- the first position information;
- and
- a total quantity of content segments in the plurality of content segments of the content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.