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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:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

James Barkley, Downingtown, PA (US);

Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04N 21/00 (2011.01); H04N 21/2368 (2011.01); H04N 21/2383 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04L 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04L 12/2878 (2013.01); H04L 12/2887 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/762 (2022.05); H04N 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/2368 (2013.01); H04N 21/2383 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04L 27/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for delivering content to user equipment are described. The content may be delivered using Internet Protocol (IP) delivery, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) delivery, or another delivery format. For example, the system may receive content including a plurality of segments. The system may use manifest data to identify each of the plurality of segments. The system may also use the manifest data to generate index data for the plurality of segments, and the index data may be delivered to user devices with the plurality of segments. In some aspects, the system may use location information (e.g., timestamps, such as program clock references) for one or more data packet of the one of the plurality of segments to generate location information for other data packets.


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