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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anjali Bhardwaj, Pacifica, CA (US);

Seth E. Hodgson, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 65/4069 (2013.01); H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for insertion of supplementary content into a segmented content stream are described. In at least some embodiments, a content stream includes primary content, such as streaming web content, a movie, an event broadcast (live and/or recorded), a television program, and so on. The content stream can be segmented, such as via techniques for adaptive bitrate streaming. Techniques discussed herein enable supplementary content, such as an advertisement, to be inserted into the content stream. The supplementary content can be inserted at any specified time point, even if the specified time point falls within a segment of the content stream. Techniques further enable playback of the content stream to be paused during playback of the supplementary content, and to resume after playback of the supplementary content.


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