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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Ronald Wannamaker, London, CA;
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing content are disclosed. An example method can comprise monitoring a number of users accessing content, and recording a first segment of the content if the number of users accessing the content reaches a threshold value. A second segment of the content can be recorded based on a request to record the second segment of the content, and at least a portion of the recording of the first segment of the content can be associated with the recording of the second segment of the content.