Patent ID: 8621531
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing real-time content in a content-on-demand environment, the method comprising: monitoring at least one source of real-time content; identifying a first set of live broadcast video content that should be provided to a subscriber; obtaining the identified first set of live broadcast video content; providing the identified first set of live broadcast video content through a content-on-demand environment, such that the identified first set of live broadcast video content is available in real-time or at a later time to the subscriber; identifying a second set of live broadcast video content that should be provided to the subscriber; obtaining the second set of live broadcast video content; determining that the second set of live broadcast video content supercedes the first set of live broadcast video content, wherein determining that the second set of live broadcast video content supersedes the first set of live broadcast video content comprises determining whether the second set of live broadcast video content is an update of the first set of live broadcast video content that should replace the first set of live broadcast video content, by receiving and analyzing new entries in a rich site summary (“RSS”) feed, periodically checking the second set of live broadcast video content against the first set of live broadcast video content, and analyzing filenames of the first and second sets of live broadcast video content; and providing the second set of live broadcast video content through the content-on-demand environment, based on the determination that the second set of live broadcast video content supersedes the first set of live broadcast video content, such that the second set of live broadcast video content replaces the first set of live broadcast video content and is available in real-time or at a later time to the subscriber.