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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2019
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael L. LaJoie, Stamford, CT (US);
Louis Williamson, Denver, CO (US);
Wilfird Aissi, Boyds, MD (US);
Chris Cholas, Frederick, CO (US);
Jason Gaedtke, Evergreen, CO (US);
Kenneth Gould, Reston, VA (US);
Glen Hardin, Charlotte, NC (US);
Charles Hasek, Westminster, CO (US);
Vedavati Hegde, Great Falls, VA (US);
Jeffrey P. Markley, Superior, CO (US);
Vipul Patel, Upper Holland, PA (US);
Howard Pfeffer, Reston, VA (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for delivery of packetized content (e.g., video, audio, data, etc.) over a content delivery network. In one embodiment, the content is packetized using an Internet Protocol (IP), and delivered by a service provider over both managed and unmanaged networks to subscribers of the provider, so as to provide delivery at any time, at any location, and via any designated user device. The delivered content may originate from the service provider, third-party content sources (e.g., networks or studios), the subscriber(s) themselves, or other sources including the Internet. Use of a common control and service functions within the network afford the ability to integrate or blend services together, thereby affording the service provider and subscriber new service and economic opportunities. Content delivery sessions may also be migrated from one device to another. A network-based user interface infrastructure, and gateway-based client-side architecture, are also disclosed.