US 11,706,479 B2
Methods and systems for storing user-specific media sequences
Alexander Giladi, Denver, CO (US); Weidong Mao, West Windsor, NJ (US); and Robert Ford, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/721,600.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195279 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4332 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first request to store a content item, and a second request to store the content item, wherein the first request is associated with a first user account of a plurality user accounts, and wherein the second request is associated with a second user account of the plurality of user accounts;
determining a header portion and a media portion of a segment of the content item and causing storage of the header portion;
determining, based on one or more selection rules and from the media portion of the content item, a first portion of the content item associated with the first user account and the second user account;
causing storage, of the first portion of the content item in a first user-specific storage area associated with the first user account, and of the first portion of the content item in a second user-specific storage area associated with the second user account; and
determining, from the media portion, a second portion of the content item, wherein the second portion of content item is stored in common storage associated with the plurality of user accounts, and wherein the second portion of the content item is associated with the plurality of user accounts.