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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Michael F. Grannan, Austin, TX (US);

Lalitha Suryanarayana, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael F. Grannan, Austin, TX (US);

Lalitha Suryanarayana, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17327 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/47208 (2013.01); H04N 21/2625 (2013.01); H04N 21/26208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of managing delivery of content is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first request for delayed broadcast of a content item at a first time. The first request is from a first user having access to broadcast content. The method further includes receiving a second request for delayed broadcast of the content item at a second time. The second request is from a second user having access to broadcast content. The method further includes scheduling the content item for broadcast to a plurality of users at a third time. The third time is after the first time and after the second time. The plurality of users includes the first and second user.


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