Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Gregg Brown

Stuart Kurkowski

Neill A Kipp

Methods and systems for content management are described. If programming content is distributed to viewers, signals such as markers are transmitted with the programming content. If a user device receives the marker, the use device may make a request to a rights management device. The rights management device may receive the request and determine an identifier associated with the request and an identifier associated with the marker. The rights management server may determine if the user device is authorized for supplemental features associated with the programming content.

Methods and systems for content management

Methods and systems for content management are described. If programming content is distributed to viewers, markers are transmitted with the programming content. If a user device receives the marker, the user device may send an output indication to a rights management device. The rights management device may determine whether or not the user device outputting the content violates or adheres to a content policy and may take an action based on that determination.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for identifying addressable advertisement slots in media/video streams and utilizing the addressable advertisement slots. The identifying and/or the utilizing may be based on metadata associated with the media/video streams and/or viewers/audiences associated with different distributors/operators. The metadata, which may be collected from a content provider or a third-party suppliers, may be provided, via out-of-band signaling, to the different distributors/operators. The different distributors/operators may use information in the metadata to use identified addressable advertisement slots (e.g., by inserting different advertisements specifically targeted to those viewers/audiences associated with a particular distributor) and potentially generate a higher cost per thousand impressions (CPMs).

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