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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Phillip Gabler, Doylestown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Phillip Gabler, Doylestown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for delivering content is provided. In one example, responsive to a request by a client device identifying a video program, the system is configured to determine different first and second network paths for delivery of the video program from a content source; deliver the video program via the first network path to the client device; and responsive to a change in status of the video program being delivered via the first network path, deliver the video program via the second network path to the client device.