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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:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Yousef Wasef Nijim, Roswell, GA (US);

James Alan Strothmann, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Jay Paul Langa, Cumming, GA (US);

Eric S. Roberts, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/8543 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 5/44591 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/8543 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dynamic uniform resource locator (URL) insertion may be provided for allowing a user to view a linear video content item along with additional content in order to provide a richer and deeper viewing experience giving more control to the user during video viewing. An indication may be provided to the user indicating the availability of additional interactive content associated with the linear video in a variety of different ways, for example, display of an icon overlaid on a viewing guide user interface, a menu option, etc. Upon request, the content associated with the URL may be presented to the user in order to present the linear video content combined with the additional content in a hybrid fashion. The inserted URL may be static, or the URL may be dynamically updated based on one or more factors, such as time of day, content or action by the user or content provider.


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