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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:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Alexander, Broomfield, CO (US);

Ryan T. Korte, Louisville, CO (US);

Assignee:

Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/605 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/2181 (2013.01); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for providing multichannel video programming or content through a terrestrial fiber network of a telecommunications network. One or more high-quality content feeds may be provided to one or more replicator devices of the telecommunications network over a communication line. The replicator devices of the network then deliver one or more replicated content streams generated from the content feeds to any number of customers or receivers of the content also connected to the network. The replicators may be configured to, among other things, provide content streams according to a specific schedule, provide alternative content streams for particular customers or in response to particular events, or operate in conjunction with data analyzers for assessing the quality of the content stream or the reliability of the telecommunications network.


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