Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Joaquin A Delgado

Si Ying Diana Hu

Oliver P Wagner

James A Long

Michael R Parker

Eduardo Jimenez

David L Hoyt

Ballori Sengupta

Stefan Estrada

Judes B Sarmiento

Kurt Eckhardt

A device can receive, via a single interface of a device, information identifying video content to be targeted to user devices associated with an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service. The device can receive, via the single interface of the device, configuration information relating to the video content. The device can store the information identifying the video content in association with the configuration information. The device can receive information associated with a user device of the set of user devices. The device can generate, using the information identifying video content and the configuration information, targeted information relating to the video content based on the information associated with the user device. The device can provide, to the user device, the targeted information relating to the video content to permit the user device to provide, for display, the targeted information relating to the video content in association with the IPTV service.

Targeted content delivery

Exemplary media clip systems and methods provide end users of a media distribution service, such as a mobile television distribution service, with one or more media clip tools for creation, editing, sharing, accessing, and/or consumption of clips of media programs distributed by way of the media distribution service.

Media clip systems and methods

An exemplary method includes a media content management system receiving a media content stream, independently processing the media content stream in accordance with a multi-stage feature detection heuristic and in accordance with a signature matching heuristic, and classifying, based on the independent processing, a media content block included in the media content stream as including an advertisement break. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

Methods and systems for detecting one or more advertisement breaks in a media content stream

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Joaquin A Delgado