Systems and Methods for Delivery of Media Content

• US 20130291002A1
• Filed: 04/25/2012
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cox Communications Incorporated (Cox Enterprises Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cox Communications Incorporated (Cox Enterprises Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Keith Alan, Raza, Muhammad Asif
• Application Number:
  US13/455,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20130291002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application

Abstract

Systems and methods for receiving from a first server a client specific information, transmitting a manifest request to a second server, the manifest request incorporating the client specific information, and receiving from the second server a manifest file. The manifest file may be associated with programming content divided into a plurality of segments. At least one of the plurality of segments may be based in part on the client specific information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a client device comprising one or more processors, a manifest request to a first server, the manifest request incorporating at least a portion of a client specific information; and

receiving, by the client device from the first server, a manifest file,

wherein the manifest file provides information about a plurality of media segments, wherein at least one of the plurality of media segments is based at least in part on the at least a portion of the client specific information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by a client device from a second server, the client specific information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second server is an application server configured to authenticate the client device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the client specific information comprises at least one of:

(i) user related information;

or (ii) client device related information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user related information comprises at least one of:

(i) an occupation of a client;

(ii) a client geography;

(iii) a client viewing history;

(iv) a client viewing genre;

(v) a client age;

(vi) a number of people in a client household;

(vii) a primary language of a client;

(viii) a profession of a client;

(ix) an income of a client;

(x) a race of a client;

(xi) an education level of a client;

(xii) a product purchased by a client;

(xiii) a service purchased by a client;

(xiv) a credit history of a client;

(xv) a driving history of a client;

(xvi) a criminal history of a client.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the client device related information comprises at least one of:

(i) a client device type;

(ii) a client device model;

(iii) a client device maker;

(iv) a client device technical specifications;

(v) number of other client devices at a client household;

(vi) types of client devices at a client household.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the manifest request further comprises information associated with a user selected media content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of media segments comprises at least a portion of the user selected media content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second server is an origin server and is communicatively coupled to the client device via a content delivery network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more of the plurality of media segments are advertising segments.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the advertising segments are identified by the second server based at least in part on at least a portion of the client specific information.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting, by the client device, the at least one of the plurality of media segments based at least in part on the manifest file.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the client device, the at least one of the plurality of segments.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server comprising one or more processors, a manifest request from a client device, the manifest request comprising at least a portion of client specific information;

determining, by the server, based at least in part on the at least a portion of the client specific information, a plurality of media segments associated with the client device;

generating, by the server, a manifest file based at least in part on the plurality of media segments;

transmitting, by the server, the manifest file to the client device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the client specific information comprises at least one of:

(i) user related information;

or (ii) client device related information.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the manifest request further comprises information associated with a user selected media content.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more of the plurality of media segments are advertising segments.

18. A system comprising:

a first server configured to transmit client specific information to a client device; and

,

a second server communicatively coupled to the client device and configured to receive a manifest request incorporating the client specific information from the client device and generate a manifest file based at least in part on the client specific information,

wherein the manifest file is further associated with a programming content and provides information on a plurality of media segments associated with the programming content.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising the client device communicatively coupled to the first server and configured to receive the client specific information and generate the manifest request incorporating at least a portion of the client specific information.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one of the plurality of the media segments is an advertising segment and the advertising segment is selected by the second server based at least in part on the client specific information.