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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
James Barkley, Downingtown, PA (US);
Walter Mlodzinski, Doylestown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/234345 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are described herein for inserting placement opportunities into content assets. A content distributor may receive a content asset comprising a plurality of content fragments. The content distributor may be further configured to adjust a playback duration of a portion of the content fragments so that the placement opportunity may be inserted at the content asset fragment boundaries.