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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Kiok, Arcadia, CA (US);
Kevin Christopher Flanagan, Centennial, CO (US);
Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US);
Richard Joseph Fliam, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Sam Schwartz, Penn Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01);
Abstract
Images may be periodically captured from each of a plurality of content streams comprising programs. Each of the content streams may be associated with capture parameters. The capture parameters may include information on how frequently images from the stream may be captured. The captured images may be made available to various clients for various uses, such as for display of a schedule of available programs.