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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Steven Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
John Callahan, Broomfield, CO (US);
Bryan Santangelo, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Craig Mahonchak, Broomfield, CO (US);
Steven Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
John Callahan, Broomfield, CO (US);
Bryan Santangelo, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Craig Mahonchak, Broomfield, CO (US);
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of providing programming content from a video server to a client coupled to the video server by a video content network includes the steps of sending, to the client, a playlist describing an interrelationship between at least one program segment and at least one related segment; sending, from the video server to the client over the video content network, video content comprising the at least one program segment and the at least one related segment; and modifying the playlist via communication to the client. The steps of sending the playlist, sending the content, and modifying the playlist are all accomplished within a single video-on-demand session per user.