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US 11,889,150 B2Granted
Transmission and consumption of time-shifted content in a one-way communication environment
AssigneeTiVo Inc.
InventorBruce Bradley
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to control of transmission and consumption of content in a device, such as an end-point rendering device. The content can include linear-programming content assets and/or time-shifted content assets. Consumption can be mediated by a control device that can coordinate the functional interaction between the device and a content distribution network node or an access network node that can supply the content and related information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a distribution device via a computing device, a command associated with delivery of a media asset to a user device configured to consume a plurality of media assets, wherein the user device is prevented from upstream communication by an operational condition;
- causing the computing device to send a portion of first control information to the user device, wherein the user device is configured to render payload data contained in the first control information and a first identifier representative of a rendering capability of the user device;
- sending, to the computing device, the first identifier representative of the rendering capability of the user device;
- and
- causing the computing device to determine based on the first identifier if the media asset is suitable to be consumed via the user device by comparing a type of the media asset with the rendering capability of the user device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a user device, control information indicative of a first downstream channel and a first content identifier (CID), wherein the first CID is received in an information stream transported in the first downstream channel, the information stream comprising a media asset, wherein the user device is prevented from upstream communication by an operational condition, and wherein the user device is configured to render payload data contained in the control information and an identifier representative of a rendering capability of the user device;
- sending, to a computing device, the identifier representative of the rendering capability of the user device;
- causing the computing device to determine based on the identifier if the media asset is suitable to be consumed via the user device by comparing a type of the media asset with the rendering capability of the user device.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a user device, first control information indicative of a first downstream channel and a first content identifier (CID), wherein the user device is prevented from upstream communication by an operational condition, wherein the user device is configured to render payload data contained in the first control information and an identifier representative of a rendering capability of the user device;
- receiving second control information indicative of a second downstream channel;
- sending, to a computing device, the identifier representative of the rendering capability of the user device;
- and
- causing the computing device to determine based on the identifier if the media asset is suitable to be consumed via the user device by comparing a type of the media asset with the rendering capability of the user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.