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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Adtran Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Patrick A. Price, Madison, AL (US);
Adtran Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing content in a multicast stream are disclosed. In one aspect, analytical information of a plurality of individual data sessions between user devices and a content server is received. The analytical information of each of the plurality of individual data sessions is based on a packet inspection analysis of data transmitted in the respective individual data sessions. A same set of content being delivered to at least a portion of the user devices based on the analytical information is determined. In response to the determination, a multicast stream condition is determined to be met based on at least one performance metric of a network over which the same set of content is being delivered. In response to determining that the multicast stream condition has been met, a multicast stream that provides the content in a looping stream is initiated.