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US 10506010
Delivering content in multiple formats
Current assignee: DirecTV, LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview: US10506010B2 — "Delivering Content in Multiple Formats"
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10506010](/patent/US10506010)/en
Identification. US10506010B2, application US15/421,778, filed 2017-02-01, granted 2019-12-10. Priority date listed as 2010-09-30. Inventors: Danial E. Holden and Austin J. Vrbas. Original assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC; current assignee listed as Adeia Media Holdings Inc (per the excerpt). Adjusted expiration listed as 2031-05-28; status listed active.
Purpose. The patent addresses more efficient delivery of transcoded content to terminals. The excerpt explains that content typically travels unchanged from source to terminals, but varying terminal capabilities may require different formats; transcoders create those formats, and the same content may traverse the distribution network more than once to deliver multiple formats. The stated need is an apparatus and method for more efficient delivery of transcoded content.
Plain-language scope. Per the excerpt, one or more servers may receive content from the distribution network, transcode it into one or more formats, and distribute the transcoded content over an access network. Servers may store multiple copies, each in a different format, and may begin distributing in response to a terminal request. Format selection may account for whether the terminal can play/view a format and whether bandwidth is sufficient. Transcoding may align some or all i-frames across copies, letting a terminal switch formats mid-viewing without receiving duplicate frames. Quality may be verified before transcoding/retransmission and after transcoding—by confirming i-frame alignment and that control signals of the original appear in the transcoded content. Transcoded content may be fragmented and stored so each fragment is randomly accessible.
What the excerpt does not establish. It does not provide the full claims, complete description, or prior-art references; the definitions text is truncated mid-sentence ("Each fragment"). It does not establish claim scope, validity, infringement, or the accuracy of assignee/legal-status listings (expressly disclaimed by the source). Per instructions, litigation, ownership transfers, validity, and prior art are not analyzed here.
Classifications noted include H04L65/00 and H04N21/00 groupings (e.g., H04N21/2343, H04N21/8456).
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Cases on file (1)
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- DirecTV, LLC v. Adeia Inc. et al.filed Dec 29, 20253:25-cv-11048U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaOpen; pending
Defendants: Adeia Inc., Adeia Guides Inc., Adeia Media Holdings LLC, and 2 others
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Current assignee: DirecTV, LLC
No PTAB proceedings on file. This patent has not been challenged via IPR, PGR, or CBM. The absence is itself a signal — well-asserted patents eventually attract IPRs. The LLM analysis below may surface filings the ODP feed hasn’t indexed yet.
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Assignment history
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Obviousness
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