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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Gail V. Griffin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
Gail V. Griffin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for scheduling content includes a scheduling system having a plurality of queues each having a priority level and a block type. The scheduling system assigns content to one of the plurality of queues. The scheduling system obtains a channel block from a schedule manager and assigns the plurality of queues to the channel block based on the priority level and block type. A communication system communicates the plurality of channel blocks to a user device through a channel using the channel blocks.