US 11,943,272 B2
Streamlined delivery of video content
Joseph Yongxiang Chen, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,000.
Application 17/741,000 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,788, filed on Dec. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,356,491.
Application 16/233,788 is a continuation of application No. 13/344,674, filed on Jan. 6, 2012, granted, now 10,218,756, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272140 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 65/612 (2022.05) [H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/23106 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device from a user device, a request for content;
based on an expiration period of the request and prior to receiving a second portion of the content from a content server, sending, to the user device, a first portion of the content; and
after sending the first portion of the content to the user device, sending, to the user device, the second portion of the content.