The Directv Group, Inc.

Hughes Electronics Corporation

Directv, LLC

Other

Robert G Arsenault

Tam T Leminh

Raynold M Kahn

Romulo Cruz Pontual

Stephen P Dulac

Craig A Finseth

Jeffrey A Brown

Philip E Hsiao

Luke J Crook

Thomas H James

Sui-Ky Ringo Ling

Laura O'Donnell

Eric J Bennett

Thai Lam

Michael A Makhijani

Denny Lai

John L Norin

Patrick J Loner

Aspandyar M Jijina

John D Choi

Michelle L Vagnati

Kenneth D Seibert

Timothy Lai

Leon J Stanger

Gordon H Chen

Steven Kasakitis

Gregory J Gagnon

John P Godwin

David Eric Shanks

Jeffrey L Sharkey

Huy Q Tran

Walter F Filbrich

James D Allen

Gregory Vagnati

Noreen Fong

Jeffrey D Carpenter

Christopher R Roy

Erin K Nelson

Christopher J Cabanne

Kenny C Chen

Brad Rice

Jean Dumouchel

Hugh Rothman

David J Kuether

Matthew J Thompson

Peter Leong

Tommi J Iten

Alistair E Jeffs

Gilbert Zaldivar

Robert J Rothaus

Richard F Purpura

Vladislav Kolegayev

Flemming R Hansen

Eric H Chang

Justin T Dick

Andrew J Schneider

Yoonjung Kim

Eugene Suharev

Leo Wu

Melissa H Tullues

Marcin Spatzier

Lawrence N Chapman

Glenn C Creel

Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for pre-loading video chunks of a video program at an edge server are disclosed. For example, a processor may receive a manifest file for a video program, determine a bitrate for a first segment of the video program, request a video chunk of the first segment at the first bitrate from an edge server in accordance with the manifest file, and request a subset of a video chunk of a second segment of the video program from the edge server.

Edge cache segment prefetching

A user device includes a viewer tracking module that tracks viewer events to form a viewer tracking log and a recommendation module that generates a timeslot viewing profile based on the viewer tracking log. The timeslot viewing profile includes television programs watched previously and a prioritized timeslot series profile determined by summing and prioritizing the count of a plurality of watched programs in a series. The recommendation module compares the timeslot viewing profile of available television programs during the timeslot, generates a first content recommendation list of available television programs, receives related content identifiers for related content that identify content that is available and is related to the television programs of the first content recommendation, and, based on the related content identifiers, generates a second content recommendation list including content that is available during the timeslot different from the first content recommendation list.

Method and system for obtaining viewing data and providing content recommendations at a set top box

The present invention discloses systems for monitoring advertisements. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel in accordance with the present invention comprises a sound level monitor for monitoring an audio level of a first broadcast television channel, a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, for tagging a start and an end of an advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel, and a receiver, wherein when the receiver is first tuned to the first broadcast channel and then tuned to a second broadcast channel, an on-screen display is displayed on a monitor displaying the second broadcast channel, the OSD being displayed when the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast channel occurs.

Television advertisement monitoring system

A system and method for sharing television data includes a first device and an encoded content identifier module in communication with the first device generating an encoded content identifier for a content and communicating the encoded content identifier to a first device through a network. The first device includes a user interface for selecting the content identifier. The first device performs a function in response to a type of device, the encoded content identifier and selecting the content identifier.

System and method for sharing television programming information using universal identifier

A simulation engine and method of operating a simulation system includes a plurality of user devices and an interface receiving user device data and a recommendation request from at least one the plurality of user devices. The system also includes a memory storing the user device data therein. The system also includes a recommendation engine that generates a content recommendation based on the user device data and an algorithm. The interface communicates the content recommendation to the user device. The recommendation engine receives a recommendation rating from at least one of the plurality of user devices and changes the algorithm in response to the recommendation rating. The user device receives a different recommendation of the changed algorithm within the simulation engine.

Method and system for obtaining feedback for a content recommendation by various algorithms

A system and method for communicating content to a user device that includes a storage device having a network portion and a user portion. The user device stores content in a network partition thereof. The user device reallocates the content to a user portion of the storage device after storing is complete.

Method and system for controlling a storage location of content in a user device

A system and method for communicating content to a user device includes a head end that communicates a plurality of upcoming content metadata that includes a content title to the user device. The user device displays the upcoming content metadata and selects at least one upcoming content metadata from the plurality of upcoming content metadata to form selected data. The user device communicates the selected data to the head end. The head end adjusts head end communication parameters for the content associated with the selected data based on the selected data and communicates the content to a user device based on the head end communication parameters.

Method and system for changing communication parameters of a content delivery system based on feedback from user devices

A system and method for generating television recommendations includes a viewer tracking module that tracks viewer events to form a viewer tracking log. A recommendation module that determines a timeslot, generates a timeslot viewing profile based on the timeslot. The viewer tracking log corresponds to television programs watched previously at the user device during the timeslot. The recommendation module compares the timeslot viewing profile with available content for the timeslot and generates a content recommendation list.

A communication system includes a first user device and a group of user devices. A peer-to-peer network is formed from the group of user devices and the first user device. A content request is communicated to the group of user devices through a terrestrial network. At least one of the group of user devices communicates the media content file corresponding to the content request to the first user device through the peer-to-peer network. The media content file communicated to the first user device from at least one of the group of user devices comprises a missing portion of the media content file.

Method and apparatus for file sharing of missing content between a group of user devices in a peer-to-peer network

A system and method for searching for content in a user device includes a receiver receiving a plurality of data objects. The user device includes a search module comprising a parsing module parsing search data from the plurality of data objects and a memory interface module storing search data within a memory of the user device. The search module comprises a search performance module searching the search data in response to a search query. The search module comprises a search results module generating search results from the search data. The user device is associated with a display that displays the search results.

Method and system for searching for content in a user device

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Robert G Arsenault