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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Garey Hassler, Castle Pines, CO (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/83 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2013.01); H04N 21/83 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for delivering content are described. A content distribution network may utilize multiple content sources and datacenters when delivering content to a requesting device. One or more service metrics associated with the content as it is being prepared for delivery at each of the datacenters may be monitored by a quality agent. The quality agent may use the one or more service metrics to select a distribution datacenter to deliver the content to the requesting device. The quality agent may instruct the remaining datacenters to disable delivery of the content to the requesting device.


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