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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
Danial Holden, Littleton, CO (US);
Aljit Joy, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04H 20/10 (2008.01); H04H 60/12 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/814 (2013.01); H04H 20/106 (2013.01); H04H 60/12 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for masking a network disruption. In an aspect, a plurality of advertisements can be stored locally to a user device. In an aspect, the user device can receive content from a network. In an aspect, the network can experience a disruption, wherein the disruption prevents the user device from receiving the content. In an aspect, the user device can select one of the plurality of advertisements. The selected advertisement can be presented.