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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Phillip Pfeifer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Spencer Darl Schumann, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Viktor Burka, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improved content recording and playback are described herein. A user device may concurrently record and output a content item. For example, the user device may be associated with a recording session. A session index may identify the recording session and indicate the user device is concurrently recording and outputting the content item. The session index may be used to ensure that a manifest for the content item is continuously updated.