Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-source content retrieval
- Patent Title (中): 多源内容检索
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Application No.: US13154722Application Date: 2011-06-07
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Publication No.: US09167295B2Publication Date: 2015-10-20
- Inventor: Amit Garg
- Applicant: Amit Garg
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04N21/44 ; H04L12/18 ; H04L29/08 ; H04N21/2387 ; H04N21/2747 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/6405 ; H04N21/6408 ; H04N21/6543 ; H04N21/6583 ; H04N21/6587

Abstract:
An apparatus, method, and system are provided for providing content to a user. In some embodiments the content may be transmitted using a first transmission technique. In some embodiments, when the user “catches up to” the content as it is being received via the first transmission technique, a switch may be made to obtain the content via a second transmission technique, allowing reception of the content via the first transmission technique to be terminated. In some embodiments, a user equipment device may include a buffer that may be used to store the content received via the second transmission technique, which may support earlier termination with respect to receiving content via the first transmission technique. In some embodiments, the buffer may support a rewind operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120317225A1 MULTI-SOURCE CONTENT RETRIEVAL Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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