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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:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Lintz, Denver, CO (US);

Cory Zachman, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/34 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01); H04N 21/654 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/34 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/4396 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4542 (2013.01); H04N 21/45457 (2013.01); H04N 21/654 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for retrieval and output of content in a way that addresses concerns with storing multiple copies or versions of a piece of content. The piece of content may have associated computer instructions that allow the client to access alternate portions of the piece of content during consumption. This allows the content provider to store a single copy of the complete piece of content while enabling consumers to access alternate audio or video portions of the content. A new playback architecture may execute instructions associated with a piece of content. Instructions associated with a piece of content may directly affect consumption by the consumer client and may be dependent upon user preferences or interests.


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