Pre-storing a portion of a program to allow user control of playback

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8806549
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09687151

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The invention relates to delivering a program to an individual business or residence. In one embodiment, a process for receiving a program by a user location that is sent from a content distributor is described. In one step, a first portion of the program is received and stored at the user location. A user request for the program is detected after storage of the first portion. A second portion of the program is received in response to the detecting the user request.

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STARZ ENTERTAINMENT LLC8900 LIBERTY CIRCLE ENGLEWOOD CO 80112

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Basawapatna, Ganesh Greenwood Village, US 15 533
Deprez, Gregory R Highlands Ranch, US 17 904
Sabraw, Martin F Englewood, US 12 407
Sie, John J Englewood, US 25 1550

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