Reducing unicast session duration with restart TV

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10063934
APP PUB NO 20100131995A1
SERIAL NO

12277797

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A first portion of programming aired prior to a first time is obtained via a unicast session with a server, the first portion including previously aired programming. When the programming data being sent via the unicast session catches up to a multicast broadcast of the programming, the unicast session is terminated and a switch is made to obtaining a remaining portion of the programming from a different source other than the server. This different source can be, for example, a local storage device or a multicast broadcast of the programming.

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  • ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Guo, Terry Qing Mountain View, US 3 30
Lau, Edwin K San Francisco, US 1 21
Neufeld, Nadav M Sunnyvale, US 15 402
Wu, Haoyun Redmond, US 16 168

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