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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert Seastrom, Leesburg, VA (US);

Albert Straub, Westminster, CO (US);

Assignee:

TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/6408 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04N 21/4349 (2013.01); H04N 21/4432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6408 (2013.01); H04N 21/818 (2013.01);
Abstract

At a carousel origin server, an indication is obtained that at least one of a plurality of consumer premises equipment connected to a video content network requires a software upgrade. Responsive to obtaining the indication, the carousel origin server loads onto a carousel at least one image required for the software upgrade. The at least one image required for the software upgrade is broadcast from the carousel to the at least one of the plurality of consumer premises equipment, for a predetermined period. Subsequent to the predetermined period, the at least one image required for the software upgrade is removed from the carousel.


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