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System and method for providing content to a user

US8706894B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

ARRIS Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

Nery Strasman · Ramat Gan, IL
John Reister · Palo Alto, US
Asi Elad · Kiryat Shmona, IL
Amit Eshet · Haifa, IL
Omri Tal · Nes Ziona, IL
Gilat Avieli · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2007
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/6405
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method and a computer-readable medium having a computer-readable code embodied therein for providing content to a user, the method includes: generating, by a media provider, an instruction to fulfill a preliminary condition for receiving a second media conveying stream; transmitting the instruction to the user while also sending a first multicast media conveying stream; waiting for a preliminary condition fulfillment time period to lapse from an end of the transmitting of the instruction; and transmitting, by the media provider, the second media conveying stream towards the user, wherein the transmitting is initiated without being aware of an exact timing of a fulfillment of the preliminary condition.

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