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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Method and system for prepositioning content and distributing content in a local distribution system
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Michael A. Makhijani, Playa Vista, CA (US);
Vishal Arya, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
John L. Pang, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Richard B. Tatem, Middletown, MD (US);
Paul O. Viazcan, Whittier, CA (US);
Ranny Q. Sue, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Drew T. Chen, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for viewing on-demand content includes a user receiving device and a local head end in communication with the receiving device that communicates metadata and material identifiers for on-demand content. Each on-demand content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device stores the metadata and the material identifiers for the on-demand content. The local head end receives content. Each content is associated with one of the material identifiers. The user receiving device communicates a request for on-demand content data signal to the local head end. The local head end communicates a manifest comprising material identifiers for content stored at the head end. The user receiving device, after receiving the manifest, displays metadata from the memory of the user receiving device corresponding to the material identifiers.