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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Wowza Media Systems, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Brian M. Riegel, Golden, CO (US);
David Stubenvoll, Golden, CO (US);
WOWZA MEDIA SYSTEMS, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage device includes functionality for analyzing a streaming video schedule for one or more scheduling gaps and for streaming supplemental content to fill the one or more scheduling gaps. The streaming video schedule comprises a list of start times, end times, and titles to video segments to be streamed over a computer network. The supplemental content may comprise paid or free content and may be provided by a live linear video stream, a data storage device storing video on demand (VOD) content, digital video recorder (DVR) content, a media server, a content delivery network server, a capture video device, or any combination thereof. Particular embodiments include truncating the supplemental content to fill specific gaps in the streaming video schedule, receiving user input for matching and/or search functionality to select supplemental content for streaming, and/or the like.