Patent ID: 11917216
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a time shift buffer computing device, a content item for delivery to a player device remote from the time shift buffer computing device;
generating, by the time shift buffer computing device, a time shift buffer associated with the content item and the player device;
recording, by the time shift buffer computing device and in the time shift buffer, the content item in a first format;
receiving, by the time shift buffer computing device and from the player device, a request for the content item;
sending, by the time shift buffer computing device, based on the request for the content item, and to a packaging server:
the content item in the first format; and
a request to convert the content item from the first format to a second format associated with the player device;

sending, to the player device, based on determining that a predetermined quantity of time has passed without receiving a new request for the content item, and prior to deleting the time shift buffer, an alert indicating the time shift buffer is scheduled for deletion; and
deleting, by the time shift buffer computing device and based on determining that the predetermined quantity of time has passed without receiving a new request for the content item, the time shift buffer associated with the content item and the player device.