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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Cockeysville, MD (US);
Benjamin Aaron Miller, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jason D. Justman, Seattle, WA (US);
Lora Clark Bouchard, Leavenworth, WA (US);
Michael Ellery Bouchard, Leavenworth, WA (US);
Kevin James Cotlove, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Mathew Keith Gitchell, Port Orchard, WA (US);
Stacia Lynn Haisch, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan David Kersten, Snohomish, WA (US);
Matthew Karl Marchio, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Peter Arthur Pulliam, Seattle, WA (US);
George Allen Smith, Woodinville, WA (US);
Todd Christopher Tibbetts, Seattle, WA (US);
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Cockeysville, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect the described techniques may include receiving information indicative of a break in streaming of the primary content, such as metadata data that is inserted into the stream of primary content, for example, on a client device. A duration of the stream of the primary content may be obtained. Secondary content may be played, for example during a break in the streaming of the primary content. Upon detecting that the duration of the stream of the primary content has increased to a second duration, for example, in response to the client device receiving additional primary content, the primary content may be streamed.