Patent ID: 9596497
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for use by a system including a processor for providing content distribution information to a video programming distributor, the method comprising: obtaining, using the processor, a unique identifier (UID), wherein the UID identifies a first entertainment content, a first recipient location, a first time schedule for the first entertainment content and first prioritization metadata for the first entertainment content; generating, using the processor, a first recipient specific list (RSL) using the UID, wherein the first RSL includes an identifier for the first entertainment content, an identifier for the first recipient, the first time schedule for the first entertainment content and the first prioritization metadata for the first entertainment content; and transmitting, using the processor, the first RSL to a content transport stream creator for creation of a first encoded content transport stream using the first RSL and the first entertainment content, wherein the first prioritization metadata for the first entertainment content is used by the video programming distributor, which receives a second encoded content transport stream created using a second RSL including an identifier for a second entertainment content, an identifier for a second recipient, a second time schedule for the second entertainment content and second prioritization metadata for the second entertainment content, to determine whether to give decoding priority to the first encoded content stream over the second encoded content stream based on the first prioritization metadata for the first entertainment content embedded in the first encoded content transport stream and the second prioritization metadata for the second entertainment content embedded in the second encoded content transport stream.