Method and apparatus for keeping track of program indexes in an interactive delivery system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7490343
SERIAL NO

09709030

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Indexing techniques to maintain track of IPG pages and allow a terminal to determine whether a selected IPG is currently received and available, which regions are to be assembled together to generate the selected page, and which packet identifiers (PIDs) are to be processed to recover the needed regions. In one method, a “roster” is formed which includes a number of record elements, with each record element being associated with and identifying a respective IPG page received at a terminal. Each record includes a page ID field that specifically identifies the associated IPG page. A number of fields may be included in each record element such as fields for a guide PID, a video PID, a data PID, and so on. The roster is updated to reflect changes in IPG pages received at the terminal.

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COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I LLC1201 NORTH MARKET STREET SUITE 1000 WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bayrakeri, Sadik Foster City, US 57 2720
Comito, John P Redwood City, US 42 1599
Edmonds, Jeremy S Redwood City, US 45 2240
Gordon, Donald F Los Altos, US 131 5258

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