Managing data
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorDan Holden
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system are provided for binding application data associated with an application with content asset data associated with a content asset. In some embodiments, capacity or bandwidth for each of the application data and the content asset data may be allocated in accordance with one or more profiles. The one or more profiles may include horizontal aspects, vertical aspects, linear and non-linear aspects, and the like. In some embodiments, the binding may take place at a content provider location in accordance with early binding practices, at a central location in accordance with late binding practices, and/or at a user equipment device in accordance with user binding practices.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- allocating, based on a duration of a content asset, capacity in a transmission for each of application data and content asset data associated with the content asset, wherein the application data is allocated a first proportion of the capacity in the transmission during a first segment of the content asset and a second proportion of the capacity in the transmission during a second segment of the content asset, the first proportion different from the second proportion;
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- transmitting, from a server, the content asset data and the application data based at least in part on the allocated capacity in the transmission.
A method comprising:
- determining, at a server and based on a duration of a content asset, a distribution profile for application data and content asset data associated with the content asset, wherein the distribution profile indicates that the application data comprises a first proportion of a transmission at a first time during the duration and a second proportion of the transmission at a second time during the duration, the first proportion different from the second proportion;
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- transmitting, from the server, the content asset data and the application data in accordance with the distribution profile.
A method comprising:
- allocating capacity in a transmission over a period of time for application data, wherein the capacity is allocated using a distribution profile that indicates how a proportion of the transmission allocated to the application data varies over a duration of a content asset associated with the application data;
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- transmitting the application data according to the allocated capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.