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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Neill Kipp, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Bryan Taft, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device (e.g., an encoder, a content packager, and/or content server) may receive content (e.g., a live or time-shifted content transmission, video-on-demand content transmission, video, audio, games, data, etc.). The computing device may separate the received content into a plurality of content segments. The computing device may insert metadata into each of the content segments. The metadata may include a segment identifier. The segment identifier may identify the next sequential content segment of the plurality of content segments.