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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Dil Afroz Mobin, Orefield, PA (US);
Mohammad S. Mobin, Orefield, PA (US);
Gregory W. Sheets, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Dil Afroz Mobin, Orefield, PA (US);
Mohammad S. Mobin, Orefield, PA (US);
Gregory W. Sheets, Breinigsville, PA (US);
Agere Systems LLC, Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A communication system that enables a specified end-user device to obtain a media file corresponding to a delayed-play entry of a content-definition table prior to the scheduled play time. To deliver the media file to the end user, a service provider requests and receives the corresponding content from a content provider, generates the media file based on the received content, and temporarily stores the media file in a storage unit associated with the service provider. The service provider then breaks the media file into a plurality of data frames and transmits them to the end-user device during an appropriate delivery-opportunity window for storage in local storage unit (e.g., a hard drive) associated with the end-user device. At the play time, the service provider transmits to the end-user device a media-activation packet to initiate rendering thereat a copy of the media file assembled from the data frames stored in the local storage unit.