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US 2010/0250773 A1Published application
Dynamic generation of media content assets for a content delivery network
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorWeidong Mao
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and software for using a network to efficiently distributing media content assets from a virtually unlimited content library and/or other storage to a plurality of client devices, as well as bi-directional local content sharing between head ends, and dynamic distribution and generation of media content assets within the network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for a first media content asset;
- determining whether the first media content asset is already stored;
- and
- responsive to determining that the first media content asset is not already stored, generating by a computer the first media content asset from a second media content asset.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to operate in accordance with the computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions are for performing a method, the method comprising:
- responsive to receiving a request for a first media content asset, determining whether the first media content asset is already stored, and
- responsive to determining that the first media content asset is not already stored, generating the first media content asset from a second media content asset.
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A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
- responsive to receiving a request for a first media content asset, determining whether the first media content asset is already stored;
- and
- responsive to determining that the first media content asset is not already stored, generating the first media content asset from a second media content asset.
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