PERSONAL BROADCAST AND CONTENT DELIVERY ENGINE
First Claim
1. At a content-delivery service provider, a method of distributing content, comprising:
- maintaining a content-definition table having a delayed-play entry that specifies (i) a play time and (ii) a first target device;
determining presence of a first delivery-opportunity window; and
during the first delivery-opportunity window, transmitting a media file corresponding to the delayed-play entry over a first network to the first target device for storage in a first local storage unit associated with the first target device to enable the first target device to render the media file at the play time specified in the content-definition table.
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Abstract
A communication system that enables a specified end-user device to obtain a media file corresponding to a delayed-play entry of a content-definition table prior to the scheduled play time. To deliver the media file to the end user, a service provider requests and receives the corresponding content from a content provider, generates the media file based on the received content, and temporarily stores the media file in a storage unit associated with the service provider. The service provider then breaks the media file into a plurality of data frames and transmits them to the end-user device during an appropriate delivery-opportunity window for storage in local storage unit (e.g., a hard drive) associated with the end-user device. At the play time, the service provider transmits to the end-user device a media-activation packet to initiate rendering thereat a copy of the media file assembled from the data frames stored in the local storage unit.
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20 Claims
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1. At a content-delivery service provider, a method of distributing content, comprising:
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maintaining a content-definition table having a delayed-play entry that specifies (i) a play time and (ii) a first target device; determining presence of a first delivery-opportunity window; and during the first delivery-opportunity window, transmitting a media file corresponding to the delayed-play entry over a first network to the first target device for storage in a first local storage unit associated with the first target device to enable the first target device to render the media file at the play time specified in the content-definition table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A content-delivery service provider, comprising:
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means for maintaining a content-definition table having a delayed-play entry that specifies (i) a play time and (ii) a first target device; means for determining presence of a first delivery-opportunity window; and means for transmitting a media file corresponding to the delayed-play entry over a first network to the first target device during the first delivery-opportunity window for storage in a first local storage unit associated with the first target device to enable the first target device to render the media file at the play time specified in the content-definition table.
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Specification