US 11,943,487 B2
Delivery and playback of content
Alexander Giladi, Princeton, NJ (US); and Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US)
Assigned to COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/264,135.
Prior Publication US 2020/0252663 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/6379 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/23424 (2013.01) [H04N 21/6379 (2013.01); H04N 21/8126 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining one or more characteristics of a first content segment associated with a content asset;
inserting, into a portion of a second content segment associated with the content asset, an indication of the one or more characteristics of the first content segment;
sending, to a device, the second content segment comprising the indication of the one or more characteristics of the first content segment, wherein the second content segment is transmitted to the device prior to the first content segment; and
sending, to the device, a version of the first content segment, wherein the version of the first content segment is selected based at least on the indication of the one or more characteristics of the first content segment sent with the second content segment.