US 12,206,751 B2
Methods and systems for content distribution
James Panagos, Denver, CO (US); Jeffrey Elsloo, Centennial, CO (US); and John Benton, Evergreen, CO (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/818,772.
Prior Publication US 2021/0288864 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 69/16 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 69/16 (2013.01) [H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04N 21/643 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first computing device from a user device via a first communication connection, a first request for content, wherein the first request for the content is based on a Domain Name System (DNS) communication that indicates the first computing device;
receiving, by the first computing device via a second communication connection, a second request for the content; and
based on the second request for the content, sending, to a second computing device, a data packet that encapsulates the second request for the content and that facilitates the second computing device sending the content to the user device.