Patent ID: 9258611
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for multi-source assisted content delivery, the method comprising: monitoring, by a server, content being received by a plurality of content receivers of a content broadcast system; transmitting, by the server, at least one address to at least one of the content receivers, the address corresponding to another content receiver receiving identical content as the at least one of the content receivers; determining, utilizing the at least one content receiver, that at least one first communication connection being utilized to receive at least one instance of content as part of a broadcast from at least one content source is interrupted; selecting, utilizing the at least one content receiver, at least one alternative content source based upon the at least one address transmitted by the server; and continuing to receive the at least one instance of content, utilizing the at least one content receiver, from the at least one alternative content source via at least one second communication connection, wherein the server transmits the at least one address to the at least one of the content receivers prior to the determining that the at least one first communication connection is interrupted.