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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2015
Piksel, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Philip Shaw, York, GB;
Hans-Jurgen Maas, Mainz, DE;
PIKSEL, INC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment there is disclosed a content delivery system comprising: a communications network; a media component connected to the communications network, the media component configured to deliver media content for playout at a user device; an auxiliary content component connected to the communications network for providing auxiliary content for playout at a user device; an engagement monitoring component configured to monitor user engagement with auxiliary content played out at the user device; a storage component which holds engagement monitoring data in association with user identifiers; a content control module configured to receive, from a user device, a request for auxiliary content to be inserted in a playout session for playout at the user device, and selectively control delivery of the auxiliary content based on the engagement monitoring data associated with a user identifier for the user device.