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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to establish a first connection via a first network that provides access to a program service; obtain program support service data that indicates a program support service including at least one of a retransmission service, an error correction service, or a scalable program service; determine whether to invoke the program support service based on the program support service data; establish a second connection via a second network that provides access to the program support service in response to a determination to invoke the program support service; invoke the program support service via the second connection; receive program data of a program via the first connection; and receive program support data pertaining to the program via the second connection.