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US 12,744,950 B2Granted
Content item transmission
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAmit Garg, Jude Ferreira, John Paclik
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Abstract
A device, system and method are provided that may allot and manage bandwidth, such as bandwidth associated with broadcast and narrowcast distribution models for content item transmission, for example, in a content distribution network. The device, system and method may manage transmission based on the output information of the content items.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- receiving information indicating one or more user groups associated with each of two scheduled content items that have overlapping scheduled times;
- and
- based on determining whether at least one user group is in common between the two scheduled content items:
- changing a transmission type of one of the two scheduled content items;
- and
- causing a transmission, based on the changed transmission type, of the one of the two scheduled content items.
3 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the apparatus to:
- receive information indicating one or more user groups associated with each of two scheduled content items that have overlapping scheduled times;
- and
- based on determining whether at least one user group is in common between the two scheduled content items:
- change a transmission type of one of the two scheduled content items;
- and
- cause a transmission, based on the changed transmission type, of the one of the two scheduled content items.
6 more elements
One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:
- receiving information indicating one or more user groups associated with each of two scheduled content items that have overlapping scheduled times;
- and
- based on determining whether at least one user group is in common between the two scheduled content items:
- changing a transmission type of one of the two scheduled content items;
- and
- causing a transmission, based on the changed transmission type, of the one of the two scheduled content items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.