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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems
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Application No.: US15339559Application Date: 2016-10-31
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Publication No.: US09967521B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Raynold M. Kahn , Peter M. Klauss , Stephen P. Dulac
- Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA El Segundo
- Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
- Current Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Segundo
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/167
- IPC: H04N7/167 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N7/16 ; H04N21/8355 ; H04N21/2347 ; H04N21/254 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/4405 ; H04N21/4623 ; H04N21/4627 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/63 ; H04N21/835

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170272700A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE CONTENT ON DEMAND IN CONTENT BROADCAST SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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