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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew A. Milford, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/2381 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/2381 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method provides content decisions for a personalized channel that is to be deliverable to a prescribed set of client devices as a linear channel streaming adaptive bit rate (ABR) video. In the method, a request is received for a resolution to a decision point in an ABR manifest of a linear video stream for a content asset to be inserted in the linear video stream at a specified time. The linear video stream is to be presented on the personalized channel. Responsive to the request, a network location is provided for accessing a specified content asset to be inserted in the linear video stream at the specified time.