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US 2025/0097537 A1Published application
Using manifest files to determine events in content items
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsMike Burke, Bryan Pauk
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses are described for monitoring events in a plurality of different services. A system may monitor manifest files for one or more content items. Manifest files may contain manifest file tags indicating events. Events may be detected, and a switch from one content item to another content item, based on user priority preferences, may be caused.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- ranking, by a computing device and based on content preference information, entries, from a plurality of manifest files, associated with upcoming content segments in a plurality of content items;
- and
- based on the ranked entries, switching output to a first content segment among the upcoming content segments.
A method comprising:
- causing, by a computing device, output of an option to select at least one of a plurality of content items based on a ranking of entries, from a plurality of manifest files, associated with upcoming content segments in the plurality of content items;
- and
- based on a user input selection, causing output of a content segment of the at least one of the plurality of content items.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- rank, based on content preference information, entries, from a plurality of manifest files, associated with upcoming content segments in a plurality of content items;
- and
- based on the ranked entries, switch output to a first content segment among the upcoming content segments.
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