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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.

Patent No.:

US 10257583 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2017

Method for delivering and presenting targeted advertisements without the need for time synchronized content streams

Applicant:

Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Scott D. Sellers, Quakertown, PA (US);

Albert F. Elcock, West Chester, PA (US);

Assignee:

ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:

Thomas A. Ward

Primary Examiner:

Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Examiner:

Timothy R Newlin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/835 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/6336 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/6336 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/835 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for delivering targeted advertisements into a QAM or IP stream that provides accurate synchronization. The method includes synchronizing the internal content of a IP stream delivering video with an advertisement (ad) stream by providing content information in the IP stream and the network stream, the content information including positional information and/or referential information, wherein the positional information is inserted at key locations identified with a PTS value, and wherein the referential information refers to a position in the IP stream or the ad stream, the referential information including either a PTS value or a frame count.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sellers, Scott. (2019). Method for delivering and presenting targeted advertisements without the need for time synchronized content streams (U.S. Patent No. 10257583). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10257583

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