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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Danial Holden, Centennial, CO (US);
Michael D. Mcmahon, Centennial, CO (US);
Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US);
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ross Gilson, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Danial Holden, Centennial, CO (US);
Michael D. McMahon, Centennial, CO (US);
Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US);
Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ross Gilson, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to control of consumption of content in an appliance. The content can include linear programming and non-linear assets. Such control can permit (i) changing a channel in the appliance (e.g., a CPE without upstream functionality) and thus selecting a linear-programming asset, a non-linear asset, and so forth, and (ii) controlling consumption of such assets. In one aspect, a device with upstream network connectivity can control the consumption of media in the appliance. The device can leverage data management and control functionality of a service provider network to acquire information related to assets available for consumption and to transmit asset requests to the service provider network, which can transmit content and signaling to the appliance in accordance at least in part with the asset request, thus controlling media consumption in the appliance.