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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raynold M. Kahn, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter M. Klauss, Torrance, CA (US);
Stephen P. Dulac, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01); H04N 21/2347 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4405 (2011.01); H04N 21/4623 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/835 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 7/162 (2013.01); H04N 21/2347 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4405 (2013.01); H04N 21/4623 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/631 (2013.01); H04N 21/835 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a first portion of a program via broadcast signal and receiving a second portion of the program via an Internet protocol (IP) based signal. The example method may further comprise combining the first and the second portions and at least one of store the combined first and second portions in a file or playback the combined first and second portions.