Patents Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
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Patent number: 11350184Abstract: Systems and methods for providing playback features to a device are disclosed. A manifest may be generated, which may comprise data associated with a content asset. A state file may be generated, which may comprise data associated with the manifest. Using one or more of the manifest and the state file, a device may modify segments of the content asset or may playback segments of the content asset.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Jeremy Lacivita, Daniel Niland, Curtis Fulton
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Patent number: 11336971Abstract: A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: James Hindle, Peter G. N. Scheyen, Mark A. Vickers
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Patent number: 11329679Abstract: Methods and systems for interference management are described. Methods and systems can be used for minimizing interference among communication and/or electronic devices. Interference data can be gathered/received from interference sources such as weather and natural patterns, various electronic devices, and one or more network protocols. The interference data can be used to generate interference patterns of each interference source in an interference map. The interference map can be used to determine how a particular interference pattern can affect a system. The interference map can also be used to evaluate a new source of interference (e.g., cordless phones, weather conditions) to determine how a system can be affected. The interference data can also be associated with an interference signature (e.g., an interference pattern, a fingerprint) for an interference source in a database. The database can be used based on the interference signature to identify known and/or unknown interference sources.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLCInventors: Erami Botchway, Phillip Chang, Mark Francisco, Jim Poder, Jorge Salinger
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Patent number: 11272265Abstract: A collection of well-formed, but possibly semantically invalid, binary encoded multimedia data components or packages as well as the binary encoded announcement, signaling, and interchange protocols used in their transmission are converted into one or more well-formed extensible markup language (XML) files. Such XML files may then be validated according to one or more pre-defined XML schemas, or similar schema languages, in order to verify that the data and protocol structures and substructures adhere to prior defined semantic constraints.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: Glenn Adams
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Patent number: 11231971Abstract: Systems and methods for processing and/or presenting data are disclosed. In an aspect, one method can comprise receiving a request for information and detecting a type of data representing the information requested. The data can be processed via a type-dependent agent and the processed data can be provided via an agnostic data engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Jeremy John LaCivita, Daniel Niland
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Patent number: 11089364Abstract: A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Samuel Moreau, Donald Ahrens, Georgia Gibbs, John Carney, David de Andrade
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Patent number: 11080370Abstract: A system and method for processing content access rights and/or entitlement rights are disclosed. A method, in one aspect, provides for receiving a selection of a content option, requesting access information associated with the selected content option, receiving access information comprising location information relating to a compatible format, requesting access rights from a first service associated with the location information, wherein the first service requests an access decision relating to the selected content option from a second service based upon the access rights, and receiving the access rights.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLCInventor: Alfred J. Stappenbeck
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Patent number: 11074321Abstract: Systems and methods for managing data are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a first request for a service, wherein the first request is associated with a first rights package. The first rights package can be processed to determine access to the service. An evaluation key can be generated, wherein the evaluation key represents the determination of access relating to the processing of the first rights package. A second request for a service can be received, wherein the second request is associated with a second rights package. The second rights package can be processed using the evaluation key.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Alfred Joseph Stappenbeck, Joseph Lesh
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Patent number: 11070890Abstract: A user interface by which network operators, programmers, broadcasters and advertisers can deploy and make accessible libraries of available content and allow viewers of iTV services to customize the presentation and content of the information being presented thereto includes one or more screens each having one or more navigable and selectable elements through which the viewers are permitted to customize presentation and content of iTV application environments other than those associated with the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: John Carney, David de Andrade, Viva Chu, Samuel Moreau
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Patent number: 10945091Abstract: Methods and systems for communication management are disclosed. A computing device may receive a computing request. The computing device may determine a timeout parameter associated with the computing request. A notification may be sent if the timeout parameter is predicted to be exceeded or if the timeout parameter is exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLCInventors: Chun Hsu, Michael Horwitz, Chris Orogvany, Alfred Stappenbeck
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Patent number: 10924821Abstract: Systems and methods for providing playback features to a device are disclosed. A manifest may be generated, which may comprise data associated with a content asset. A state file may be generated, which may comprise data associated with the manifest. Using one or more of the manifest and the state file, a device may modify segments of the content asset or may playback segments of the content asset.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Jeremy Lacivita, Daniel Niland, Curtis Fulton
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Patent number: 10848830Abstract: A contextual navigational control for digital television is described. An apparatus, comprises a contextual navigation control interface (CNCI). The CNCI includes a first area that represents a plurality of cable television programs having a first level of relevance. A second area represents a first group of the plurality of programs having a second level of relevance. A third area represents a first subgroup of the first group having a third level of relevance. A fourth area represents a second subgroup of the first group having a fourth level of relevance. There may be additional areas representing additional sub-groups of relevance to the current viewing context.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Samuel Moreau, John Carney
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Patent number: 10839049Abstract: Systems and methods for managing access data are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving prediction information relating to one or more content options and requesting access information associated with the prediction information. At least a portion of the received access information can be processed to provide a preliminary access decision. A request for access relating to the one or more data options can be received and an access decision based at least in part on the preliminary access decision can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLCInventors: Alfred Joseph Stappenbeck, Joseph Lesh
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Patent number: 10838924Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for multi-component asset transfer. A plurality of references can be generated from a manifest of a content asset. A monitoring agent can determine when a content item for the content asset is received and modify the state of the corresponding reference.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: Danny Benedict
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Patent number: 10742766Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for acquiring and transforming existing content (e.g., Hyper Text Markup Language HTML content) for display and execution on multiple platforms and architectures. In one embodiment, capture templates are created to harvest content from disparate content sources on multiple platforms. Data is extracted from the content from the disparate content sources using the created capture templates that drives extracting process. A standardized data stream is generated from the extracted data. The standardized data stream is provided for display on one or more different type of platforms.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Ranjit Sahota, John Carney, David de Andrade, Mark Knowles
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Patent number: 10735824Abstract: A server may receive metadata associated with specific content in a transport signal stream from a content information service. The metadata may identify a point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may instruct an encoder to insert a marker into the transport signal stream corresponding to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The marker may indicate control of a trick mode to be enforced by a delivery platform subsequent to the point in time of the transport signal stream. The server may record the marker in a data store associated with the server.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventor: John Raymond Mick, Jr.
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Patent number: 10735347Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 10708672Abstract: A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: James Hindle, Peter G. N. Scheyen, Mark A. Vickers
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Patent number: 10687114Abstract: Controlling the admission of interactive television iTV applications to an iTV application distribution system is accomplished through the use of iTV application profiles that enumerate sets of allowed functions and behaviors for the iTV applications within the distribution system. In general, the profiles comprise filters that enable various functions within the distribution system, and may be applied to the iTV applications according to any of a number of bases. The distribution system includes an interface or console adapted to permit a system operator to create the application profiles and establish rules for attaching the profiles to the iTV applications, and an application profile engine configured to automatically validate the iTV applications against the profiles according to those rules.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: John Carney, David DeAndrade
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Patent number: 10671687Abstract: Provided are methods and systems related to communications between a social media service or provider (e.g., Twitter®, Facebook®) or other resource (e.g., web page) and one or more content providers. In an aspect, provided are methods comprising receiving a request for content, wherein the request comprises a user agnostic identifier, determining user information associated with the request, determining time information associated with the request, determining media content associated with the user agnostic identifier based on the time information, determining one or more access rights to the media content based on the user information, and providing access to the media content based on the one or more access rights.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Christian Petersen, Adam Hertz, John Dixon, Sam Schwartz, Preston Smalley