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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gary Cronk, Colts Neck, NJ (US);

Craig Engel, Shamong, NJ (US);

Justin Tidwell, Waxhaw, NC (US);

Luis Roberto Anaya, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Ramon Herrera, South Riding, VA (US);

Cory Kin, Herndon, VA (US);

Dipan Patel, Duluth, GA (US);

Johnathan Saginaw, Washington, DC (US);

Sohil Sami, Reston, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for collection and processing of data relating to users of a content-delivery network. In one embodiment, the content delivery network is a cable or satellite or HFCu network, and the apparatus includes an architecture for routinely harvesting, parsing, processing, and storing data relating to the activities of the users (e.g., subscribers) of the network. In one variant, at least portions of the data are anonymized to protect subscriber privacy.


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