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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Ross Gilson, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for enhancing the quality of content. A determination may be made that a portion of the content received using a base feed or bitrate completed early. In response to that determination, an attempt may be made to download that portion of the content using a differential bitrate or feed corresponding to a higher quality. Another determination may be made whether the differential bitrate or feed download completed early, and if so, then the differential bitrate or feed may be used as a new base bitrate or feed for downloading additional portions of the content. The differential bitrate or feed download may also provide for a secondary playback of the content at higher quality.


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