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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. 28, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
John R. Mick, Jr., Denver, CO (US);
Sean E. Bowman, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Cory Zachman, Denver, CO (US);
Christopher D. Brown, Denver, CO (US);
Mark Niebur, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 16/4387 (2019.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for protecting the integrity of a playlist, and/or for determining whether a playlist has been altered. The playlist may comprise references to segments of multiple content types. The references may be obfuscated, and/or confirmation data may be used to detect playlist alteration.