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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeffrey Kuhnke, Frederick, CO (US);
Christopher Sammoury, Parker, CO (US);
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for managing provision of digital content within a content distribution network. In one embodiment, a content application manager (CAM) process is used to provide one or more centralized redirection functions for network client processes such as just-in-time (JIT) packagers and cloud digital video recorders (cDVRs). A local database accessible to the CAM is updated with 'live' or other content storage locations within the network, and accordingly each of the client processes can be made simpler and not require any intrinsic knowledge of content asset storage locations. This simplifies the client process configuration, enhances performance in terms of reduced end-user request servicing latency, and allows for single-point automated database updates versus having to provide updates to each client process as under the prior art.