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US 12,647,628 B2Granted
User-defined content streaming
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsMark Francisco, Paul Egenhofer, Rustam Khashimkhodjaev
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing user defined content transmissions are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a request for first content and receiving a first preference. First content can be retrieved from a first source based on the request for first content. Second content can be retrieved from a second source based on the first preference. The first content and second content can be packaged for transmission in response to receiving the request and the first preference.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- sending a multicast content transmission, wherein:
- the multicast content transmission is available to a device in a plurality of devices;
- and
- the multicast content transmission comprises a plurality of identifiers corresponding to a plurality of fragments of the multicast content transmission;
- determining a unicast content transmission, wherein:
- the unicast content transmission comprises audio content and an identifier indicating a fragment of the unicast content transmission;
- and
- the identifier corresponds to one of the plurality of identifiers to synchronize the unicast content transmission with the multicast content transmission;
- and
- sending, to the device, the unicast content transmission.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, from a device of a plurality of devices, a request for content;
- sending, to the plurality of devices, a multicast transmission;
- determining, based on a user preference associated with the device, first content;
- and
- sending, to the device, a unicast transmission comprising the first content, wherein the device synchronizes the multicast transmission with the first content.
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A method comprising:
- sending a multicast content transmission comprising first content and first synchronization markers, wherein the multicast content transmission is available to a first device of a plurality of devices;
- determining a first unicast content transmission comprising second content and second synchronization markers;
- sending the first unicast content transmission to the first device;
- and
- causing the first device to synchronize the multicast content transmission with the first unicast content transmission based on the first synchronization markers and the second synchronization markers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.