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Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Spencer Darl Schumann, Denver, CO (US);

Michael Yuanhui Liu, Denver, CO (US);

Christopher Day, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for predicting consumption of recorded content. A content item may be recorded for subsequent consumption by a user. Predictive data associated with when the recorded content item will be subsequently consumed by the user may be determined. The predictive data may be determined based on the content type for the content item and user behavior history. The predictive data may include a predicted time window for receiving a request from the user to consume the recorded content item and a confidence level. Data indicating the predictive data may be associated with or included with the recorded content item, and at least a portion of the recorded content item may be prepared for delivery or delivered to a user device based on the predicted time the recorded content item will be consumed.


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