US 12,445,669 B2
Techniques for providing a content stream based on a delivered stream of content
Patricia Fieldhouse, Weston-Super-Mare (GB); Ben Lavery-Griffiths, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH); and David Price, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to NAGRAVISION SARL, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed by NAGRAVISION SARL, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/530,607.
Application 18/530,607 is a continuation of application No. 17/789,794, granted, now 11,895,350, previously published as PCT/EP2020/088065, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19220006 (EP), filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0171797 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/26241 (2013.01) [H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing a stream of content based on capturing an initial delivery of the stream, the method comprising:
obtaining manifest data related to an initial delivery of a stream of content, the manifest data being obtained one or more times in a sequence during the initial delivery of the stream of content to generate one or more manifest files;
associating a respective time-stamp with each of the one or more manifest files, each of the respective time-stamps being indicative of a time of obtaining a respective one of the one or more manifest files;
processing each of the one or more manifest files to identify one or more addresses referenced in the one or more manifest files, wherein the one or more addresses reference one or more segments, each of the one or more segments comprising a portion of the stream of content in the initial delivery;
accessing the one or more segments referenced by the one or more addresses identified in the one or more manifest files; and
providing a client with access to the one or more manifest files and the accessed one or more segments, thereby enabling the client to receive at least a portion of the stream of content.