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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
William O'Hern, Spring Lake, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a packet indicative of a request for a number of video content items. The video content items are identified based on a network traffic flow characteristic associated with the packet and a popularity level is determined associated with each video content item of the number of video content items. The popularity level for each of the video content items is compared to a popularity threshold, and a portion of a video content item is displayed responsive to the popularity level exceeding the popularity threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.