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US 2022/0021720 A1Published application
Targeted Buffer Priority Management
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsBenny Pruden, Ross Gilson
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Abstract
Transmission of content items through a network may employ a variety of devices that comprise buffers for the content. The content may include buffer priority information to assist in management of the buffers of intermediate devices for the routing. For example, the buffer priority information may assist the devices in managing buffer queue priorities.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from a user device, a request for a content item;
- determining, for a delivery of at least a portion of the content item to the user device, a route comprising a plurality of intermediate devices;
- sending, to the plurality of intermediate devices, instructions for prioritizing buffers during delivery of the at least the portion of the content item;
- and
- after sending the instructions, causing, via the route, the delivery of the at least the portion of the content item.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by an intermediate device of a plurality of intermediate devices of a path between a content source and a user device, an instruction to prioritize a delivery of a content item to the user device;
- selecting, based on the instruction and from a plurality of buffer queues associated with the intermediate device, a buffer queue;
- receiving a portion of the content item;
- storing the portion of the content item in the selected buffer queue;
- and
- sending, from the selected buffer queue and to another intermediate device of the path, the stored portion of the content item.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, a failure to satisfy a performance threshold associated with sending of a portion of a content item to a user device via a plurality of intermediate devices;
- causing, based on the determined failure, at least one of the plurality of intermediate devices to adjust a buffer priority level associated with the content item;
- and
- after causing the at least one of the plurality of intermediate devices to adjust the buffer priority level, causing delivery of one or more other portions of the content item to the user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.