US 12,003,789 B2
Image sampling from multicast streams
Joseph Kiok, Arcadia, CA (US); Kevin Christopher Flanagan, Denver, CO (US); Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US); Richard Joseph Fliam, Greenwood Village, CO (US); and Sam Schwartz, Penn Valley, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/468,755.
Application 17/468,755 is a continuation of application No. 14/582,290, filed on Dec. 24, 2014, granted, now 11,153,612.
Application 14/582,290 is a continuation of application No. 13/290,441, filed on Nov. 7, 2011, granted, now 8,949,892, issued on Feb. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/442,628, filed on Feb. 14, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053225 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/23109 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
sending, by a first computing device and to a second computing device, a request to change a first capture frequency, associated with a first content asset, to a new capture frequency without changing a second capture frequency associated with a second content asset;
receiving a first captured image corresponding to the first content asset and captured at the new capture frequency;
receiving a second captured image corresponding to the second content asset and captured at the second capture frequency; and
causing output of the first captured image and the second captured image.