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Adaptive timeshift service

  • US 7,996,875 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2008
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • distributing television content from a live content server to television client devices;

    recording the television content at a timeshift server when said distributing the television content from the live content server;

    distributing recorded television content from the timeshift server when requested by a television client device; and

    writing both the television content from the live content server and the recorded television content from the timeshift server to a buffer of an additional timeshift server, wherein the buffer of the additional timeshift server has a timeshift duration, and wherein said writing to the buffer of the additional timeshift server includes writing the television content from the live content server forward in the timeshift duration and writing the recorded television content from the timeshift server backward in the timeshift duration.

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