Patent ID: 9009764
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to a receiver device, comprising: receiving a first programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a first Designated Market Area (“DMA”); providing a first OTT television content to the receiver device via a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (“MBSFN”); receiving a second programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a second DMA; providing a second OTT television content to the receiver device via a second MBSFN; determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content; and merging the first MBSFN and the second MBSFN into a single MBSFN in response to determining that the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content.