The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Benny J. Pruden, Brownstown, PA (US);
Stephen Allinson, Fairless Hills, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/440281 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/234381 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing data and/or operations on data such as content are disclosed. A method can comprise transmitting content to facilitate playback of the content. A trick play operation relating to the transmitted content can be detected. A threshold bandwidth can be determined based on normal playback of the content. A frame rate of the transmitted content can be adjusted during the trick play operation such that a bandwidth of the trick play operation is less than or equal to the determined threshold bandwidth.