US 11,910,045 B2
Methods and systems for managing content quality in a storage medium
Eric Stobbart, Snoqualmie, WA (US)
Assigned to COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/087,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,458, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0136435 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2662 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/234363 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first version of a content segment, wherein the first version of the content segment comprises content encoded at a first bit rate;
based on a change in a network condition, sending a request for a quantity of data associated with the content segment;
determining a second version of the content segment, wherein the second version of the content segment comprises an addition of the quantity of data to the first version of the content segment, and wherein the content of the second version of the content segment is encoded at a second bit rate higher than the first bit rate; and
causing output, at an output time associated with the content segment, of the second version of the content segment.