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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

Steven Michael Casagrande, Englewood, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices and processes reduce the amount of memory or disk space needed to store encoded video content used in adaptive video streaming by eliminating certain portions of the recorded program from one or more copies of the encoded program. Content occurring before or after a scheduled start of a program, for example, can be retained in only a subset of the encoded copies so that the program content is available to be streamed, but only at certain video qualities. Commercials or other less popular portions may also be eliminated in one or more encoded copies. By eliminating the less-likely-to-be-viewed portions of the content from some (but not all) of the encoded copies, the total amount of storage space needed to store the encoded program is reduced without compromising the ability to play back all portions of the recorded program.


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