US 12,137,277 B1
Copyright compliant trick playback modes in a service provider network
John Kenny, Lake Grove, NY (US); Peter Caramanica, Westbury, NY (US); and John Markowski, Smithtown, NY (US)
Assigned to CSC Holdings, LLC, Bethpage, NY (US)
Filed by CSC Holdings, LLC, Bethpage, NY (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,240.
Application 18/317,240 is a continuation of application No. 17/699,806, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,659,254.
Application 17/699,806 is a continuation of application No. 17/186,475, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,284,165, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/6408 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/6587 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23113 (2013.01); H04N 21/6408 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device within a subscriber premise from among a plurality of subscriber premises that is associated with a subscriber from among a plurality of subscribers, the electronic device comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the processor to:
receive media content that was broadcast to the plurality of subscriber premises,
provide a first command that is received from the subscriber to perform a trick playback mode on the media content, and
receive an exclusive copy of the media content that was unicast to the subscriber premises in response to the first command, the exclusive copy of the media content being from a plurality of exclusive copies of the media content, each exclusive copy of the media content from among the plurality of exclusive copies of the media content being associated with a corresponding subscriber from among the plurality of subscribers and exclusively accessible by only the corresponding subscriber.