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US 2026/0261447 A1Published application
IoT Manifest
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsRyan Lee McMurray, Jonathan Kirkovich, Freddy Alas
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing an auxiliary data track within a content manifest for controlling IoT devices. A content may be requested by a first device. A manifest file, associated with the content, may be received by the first device. The manifest file, comprising data for controlling IoT devices, may be forwarded to a second device.
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A method comprising:
- sending, by a first computing device, a first request for content;
- receiving, based on the first request, a manifest file associated with the content, wherein the manifest file indicates control information, for one or more user devices, synchronized with the content;
- forwarding the manifest file to a second computing device;
- and
- causing, based on the forwarded manifest file, the second computing device to synchronize operations of the one or more user devices with the content.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first computing device and from a second computing device, a manifest file associated with content, wherein:
- the second computing device is configured to, based on the manifest file, request content segments, and output the content segments;
- and
- the manifest file indicates control information, for one or more user devices, synchronized with the content;
- receiving, based on the manifest file, one or more control files for controlling the one or more user devices;
- generating, based on the one or more control files, one or more control commands for controlling the one or more user devices;
- and
- sending, to the one or more user devices, the one or more control commands, wherein the one or more control commands comprises one or more commands to control one or more environment effects.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server device and from a first computing device, a first request for content;
- generating, based on the first request, a manifest file comprising:
- information associated with segments of the content;
- and
- control information configured to cause one or more user devices to output an environment effect, synchronized with the content;
- and
- sending, to the first computing device, the manifest file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.