US 12,219,001 B2
Hypermedia apparatus and method
Michael Bevilacqua-Linn, Philadelphia, PA (US); Sean Brown, Philadelphia, PA (US); Paul Cleary, Turnersville, NJ (US); Kristofer Tomasette, Bala Cynwyd, PA (US); José Ibañez, Lafayette Hill, PA (US); and Bradley Spenla, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,438.
Application 17/208,438 is a division of application No. 16/281,259, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/281,259 is a continuation of application No. 15/250,278, filed on Aug. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,264,044, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0211482 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0654 (2022.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/303 (2022.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 65/762 (2022.05) [H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 65/65 (2022.05); H04L 65/765 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, a content item that is requested by a user device;
retrieving, by the computing device and from one or more storage devices:
manifest data for the content item; and
a first plurality of data fragments of the content item;
forming, by the computing device, a first chunk of data comprising:
the manifest data;
the first plurality of data fragments; and
a header preceding, in the first chunk of data, both the manifest data and the first plurality of data fragments, wherein the header indicates:
a size, in the first chunk of data, of the manifest data; and
a size, in the first chunk of data, of each data fragment of the first plurality of data fragments; and
sending, by the computing device and to the user device, the first chunk of data.