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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2024
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Moin Pansare, Aurora, CO (US);
Sachin Reddy Kota, Indian Land, SC (US);
Vipul Patel, Parker, CO (US);
Fabio Hux, Aurora, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for providing common thumbnails per content source for use across multiple streaming sessions. A method for common thumbnails usage includes pre-generating, by a linear packager, thumbnails for a live stream from a content source, wherein each thumbnail has a thumbnail time and name, sending, by a streaming system, thumbnail synchronization information associated with the thumbnails in response to a stream request received from a client for the content source, and sending, by the streaming system to the client, a requested thumbnail during the stream, wherein the requested thumbnail is selected from the thumbnails using a name based on the thumbnail synchronization information.