Per-segment parameters for content
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAlexander Giladi, Weidong Mao, Jiang Xu
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Abstract
Per-segment parameters for content delivery are described herein. A manifest file for a segment and a parameter file for the segment may be sent to a user device. The parameter file may indicate one or more time ranges each corresponding to a parameter value. Requests for content segments based on the manifest file and the parameter file may be received. The user device may access the parameter file to determine a time range of the one or more time ranges into which a start time of a particular segment falls. The user device may determine a parameter value as corresponding to the determined time range. The user device may then generate a request to include the determined parameter value.
Claims26
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- generate a manifest file for content, wherein the content comprises a plurality of segments, and wherein the manifest file comprises at least one placeholder parameter for each segment of the plurality of segments;
- generate, based on the manifest file, a parameter file comprising:
- a plurality of time ranges associated with the plurality of segments, and
- a plurality of parameter values associated with the plurality of time ranges;
- and
- send, to a computing device, the manifest file and the parameter file, wherein the computing device is configured to request a first segment of the plurality of segments based on the parameter file and the at least one placeholder parameter for the first segment indicated by the manifest file.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine, based on a manifest file for content, a start time of a first segment of a plurality of segments of the content, wherein the manifest file comprises at least one placeholder parameter for each segment of the plurality of segments;
- determine, based on the start time of the first segment, a first time range indicated by a parameter file for the content, wherein the first time range comprises the start time, and wherein the first time range is associated with at least one parameter value indicated by the parameter file;
- and
- send, based on the at least one parameter value and the at least one placeholder parameter for the first segment, a request for the first segment, wherein the request comprises the at least one parameter value.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a request for content;
- generate, based on the request, a manifest file associated with the content;
- generate a parameter file comprising a plurality of parameter values and a plurality of time ranges, wherein each time range of the plurality of time ranges corresponds to a parameter value of the plurality of parameter values;
- send, to a user device, the manifest file and the parameter file;
- and
- receive, from the user device, a request for a segment of the content comprising a first parameter value of the plurality of parameter values, wherein the segment is associated with a time value, and wherein the first parameter value corresponds to a first time range of the plurality of time ranges based on the time value.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- send a request for content;
- receive, based on the request for content, a manifest file and a parameter file, wherein the parameter file comprises a plurality of parameter values and a plurality of time ranges associated with the content, wherein each time range of the plurality of time ranges corresponds to a parameter value of the plurality of parameter values;
- determine a segment of the content associated with a time value;
- generate, based on the time value, a request for the segment of the content comprising a first parameter value of the plurality of parameter values, wherein the first parameter value corresponds to a first time range of the plurality of time ranges based on the time value;
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- send the request for the segment of the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.