Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Mk Systems USA Inc.

Rabih Filfili

Mark B Tozer

Keith Okabe

Aparna Varanasi

Hugh Hitchens

Jeffery C Truong

Brian O'Neil

Mark W Robertson

Patrick Egloff

Swapnesh Chaubal

Systems, devices, and methods for providing alternative content in audio-video streams are disclosed. A manifest data structure including data reflective of a plurality of content segments is generated. At least one alternative content indicator, each indicating one of said plurality of content segments as being an alternative content segment is obtained. The manifest data structure is modified to remove data reflective of those of said plurality of content segments that are not indicated by said one of said alternative content indicators as being an alternative content segment. Upon receiving a request from a client device to view alternative content, the modified manifest data structure is sent to the client device.

Systems and methods for providing audio-video streams with alternative content

A server for network media program restart receives a request from a client device to restart a media program that is configured as being enabled for network media program restart subject to a set of one or more restrictions. Responsive to determining that a currently airing restriction is configured that allows the media program to be played by the client device only when that media program is currently airing in a locale of the client device and will become unavailable for viewing after a predefined amount of time has elapsed after the currently airing media program ends, the server transmits the media program to the client device for playback only responsive to a determination that at the time of the request the media program is currently airing in the locale of the client device and only when the predefined amount of time has not elapsed.

Network media program restart

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

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