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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Arris Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Erik J. Elstermann, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael A. Casteloes, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/23 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/23 (2013.01); H04N 21/234 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/43 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/44029 (2013.01); H04N 21/64746 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system is provided for coordinating the presentation of program content received from a first network and a second network independent from the first network. The system uses heartbeat messages typically transmitted along communication paths to monitor the operation of the communications paths to transmit information necessary for stream switching to alternate programming or alternate sources of the same programming.