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公开(公告)号:US12231722B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US18302419
申请日:2023-04-18
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04N21/437 , H04N21/44 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/83
Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering content are described. A content distribution network may utilize multiple content sources and datacenters when delivering content to a requesting device. One or more service metrics associated with the content as it is being prepared for delivery at each of the datacenters may be monitored by a quality agent. The quality agent may use the one or more service metrics to select a distribution datacenter to deliver the content to the requesting device. The quality agent may instruct the remaining datacenters to disable delivery of the content to the requesting device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230088885A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17849937
申请日:2022-06-27
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler , Tedd Dawson
IPC: H04N21/234 , H04N21/231 , H04N21/44
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a user device controlling a playback buffer to reduce latency in a service change.
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公开(公告)号:US20200037008A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16045974
申请日:2018-07-26
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04N21/234 , H04N21/2387
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for replacing at least a part of a local time shift buffer of a user device with a remote time shift buffer.
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公开(公告)号:US11997323B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-28
申请号:US17849937
申请日:2022-06-27
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler , Tedd Dawson
IPC: H04N21/44 , H04N21/231 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/6332 , H04N21/84 , H04N21/845
CPC classification number: H04N21/23406 , H04N21/23106 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/44004 , H04N21/44016
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a user device controlling a playback buffer to reduce latency in a service change.
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公开(公告)号:US11677795B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-13
申请号:US17679951
申请日:2022-02-24
Applicant: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04L29/06 , H04L65/613 , H04L43/106 , H04N21/258 , H04N21/2662 , H04L43/16 , H04L65/65
CPC classification number: H04L65/613 , H04L43/106 , H04L43/16 , H04L65/65 , H04N21/25841 , H04N21/2662
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improved content delivery are described herein. During delivery of content to one or more user devices of a content distribution network (CDN), a content session may be created for each user device. During each content session, each user device may send one or more upstream communications, such as heartbeat signals and bitrate requests, to the CDN. A monitoring module of the CDN may aggregate the upstream communications into session data. The monitoring module may use the session data to determine an impairment associated with content delivery to the one or more user devices.
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公开(公告)号:US20220210492A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-30
申请号:US17247916
申请日:2020-12-30
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04N21/2343 , H04N21/647 , H04N21/262
Abstract: Based on content schedule data and a determined latency between initiation of transcoding and operation of transcoding, a lead time at which to initiate the transcoding process for content may be determined. Determining the latency between initiation of transcoding and operation of transcoding may comprise determining that at least one transcoder from a plurality of reserved transcoders is available to transcode the content and initiating the at least one transcoder, at the lead time, to transcode the content. Determining the latency between initiation of transcoding and operation of transcoding may comprise determining that at least one transcoder from a plurality of reserved transcoders is not available to transcode the content and initiating a transcoder associated with a cloud provider, at the lead time, to transcode the content.
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公开(公告)号:US20210385513A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US16892921
申请日:2020-06-04
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Christopher Lintz , Alexander Giladi , Garey Hassler , Justin Luna
IPC: H04N21/2389 , H04N21/218 , H04N21/235
Abstract: Portions of different versions of a content asset may be stored in a manner that reduces the impact on viewing experience in the event of a failure of one of a plurality of storage subsystems of a content storage system. The portions of different versions of the content asset, which may be associated with a same portion of the playback time of the content asset, may be stored in different storage subsystems. If the storage subsystem storing a portion of one of the versions being retrieved for playback encounters a problem, a user device may access a corresponding portion of a different version stored on a different one of the storage subsystems.
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公开(公告)号:US20200296451A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16521264
申请日:2019-07-24
Applicant: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04N21/44 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/83 , H04N21/437
Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering content are described. A content distribution network may utilize multiple content sources and datacenters when delivering content to a requesting device. One or more service metrics associated with the content as it is being prepared for delivery at each of the datacenters may be monitored by a quality agent. The quality agent may use the one or more service metrics to select a distribution datacenter to deliver the content to the requesting device. The quality agent may instruct the remaining datacenters to disable delivery of the content to the requesting device.
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公开(公告)号:US12219019B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US17501980
申请日:2021-10-14
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: G06F15/16 , H04L67/02 , H04L67/141 , H04L67/142 , H04L67/55
Abstract: Methods and systems for sending data are described. A computing device may send data to one or more requesting devices via one or more communication sessions. The computing device may update a state of a token(s) based on requests received and/or data sent. The computing device may manage the one or more sessions according to the state of the token(s).
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公开(公告)号:US12184906B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-31
申请号:US17247934
申请日:2020-12-30
Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
Inventor: Garey Hassler
IPC: H04N21/231 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/25
Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for dynamically detecting repetitive content. The content that is detected as repetitive may be cached for longer periods of time. Subsequent re-transmissions of the repetitive content to user devices may be done by retrieving the content from a cache rather than requesting the content from a transcoder and/or a packager. The repetitive content segments may be retrieved from a cache, thereby saving transcoding and other system resources. A data file may be generated to map the stored segments to their cache locations and to indicate a predicted time for future transmission of the content.
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