System For Providing Efficient Delivery Of Media Content To The Masses

• US 20170195396A1
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Beattie, JR., James G., Ramos, Luis
• Granted Patent: US 10,440,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1045 Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS

Abstract

A system for providing efficient delivery of media content to the masses is disclosed. In particular, the system may include receiving requests for content from a plurality of user devices. The system may then include synchronizing fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content based on a preset time interval. In response to the requests, the system may deliver the content, such as via a satellite network, to a storage device, such as, but not limited to, a digital video recorder, a video-ready-access device equipped with a satellite receiver and antenna, a digital subscriber line access multiplexer equipped with a satellite received and antenna, or any combination thereof, based on the preset time interval. The system may then include causing the storage device to deliver the requested content to the plurality of user devices via a wireless network communicatively linked to the plurality of user devices.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a plurality of requests for content from a plurality of user devices;

synchronizing, in response to the plurality of requests, fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content to the plurality of user devices, wherein the fulfillment timeframes are synchronized based on a preset time interval for delivering the content;

delivering, via a satellite network and in response to the plurality of requests, the content to a storage device according to the preset time interval; and

delivering, via a wireless network communicatively linked to the plurality of user devices, the content from the storage device to the plurality of user devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise enabling a first user device of the plurality of user devices to serve as a media collection proxy for a second user device under control of an entity that controls the first device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting, via the wireless network and by using the first user device, the content from the first user device to the second user device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the content from the first user device to the second user device when the first user device and second user device converge to a common location.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining the preset time interval for delivering the content based on a network condition.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise delivering the content to the storage device in non-real-time using a low-bandwidth delivery mode.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise delivering, via the satellite network, the content to a video-ready-access device equipped with a satellite receiver and antenna.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise delivering, via the satellite network, the content to a digital subscriber line access multiplexer equipped with a satellite receiver and antenna.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise preventing presentation of the content delivered to the plurality of user devices until after expiration of a time period.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise delivering, via the satellite network and in response to the plurality of requests, the content to the storage device according to the preset time interval when a threshold number of requests for the content are received.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise synchronizing the fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content based on receiving an input from a user associated with the plurality of user devices indicating the preset time interval for delivering the content.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining an availability of the wireless network to the plurality of user devices prior to delivering the content from the storage device to the plurality of user devices.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a digital video recorder, and wherein the operations further comprise displaying the content on the digital video recorder on a media device communicatively linked to the digital video recorder.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of requests for content from a plurality of user devices;

synchronizing, in response to the plurality of requests, fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content to the plurality of user devices, wherein the fulfillment timeframes are synchronized based on a preset time interval for delivering the content, wherein the synchronizing is performed by utilizing instructions from a memory that are executed by a processor;

delivering, via a satellite network and in response to the plurality of requests, the content to a storage device according to the preset time interval; and

transmitting, via a wireless network communicatively linked to the plurality of user devices, the content from the storage device to the plurality of user devices.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising enabling display of the content delivered to the plurality of user devices only after expiration of a selected time period.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising synchronizing the fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content based on receiving inputs from users associated with the plurality of user devices indicating the preset time interval.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising enabling a first user device of the plurality of user devices to serve as a media collection proxy for a second user device under control of an entity that controls the first device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting, via the wireless network and by using the first user device, the content from the first user device to the second user device.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising determining an availability of the wireless network to the plurality of user devices prior to delivering the content from the storage device to the plurality of user devices.

20. A computer-readable device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of requests for content from a plurality of user devices;

synchronizing, in response to the plurality of requests, fulfillment timeframes for delivering the content to the plurality of user devices, wherein the fulfillment timeframes are synchronized based on a preset time interval for delivering the content;

delivering, via a satellite network and in response to the plurality of requests, the content to a storage device according to the preset time interval; and

delivering, via a wireless network communicatively linked to the plurality of user devices, the content from the storage device to the plurality of user devices.