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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Thai Lam, Torrance, CA (US);
Mark T. Takamoto, Pacoima, CA (US);
Thai Lam, Torrance, CA (US);
Mark T. Takamoto, Pacoima, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for communicating with a user device includes an interactive headend having an interactive content manager, an interactive event scheduler and queue manager communicating with a queue. A broadcast channel management system communicates bandwidth allocation data to the interactive head end. The interactive head end forms a queue corresponding to the bandwidth allocation data. The interactive event scheduler schedules the interactive broadcast with the queue and issues a start command. The queue manager pulls content from the interactive content manager and communicates interactive content from the queue to the user device.