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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Krishna Prasad Panje, Bangalore, IN;
Prasad A G, Bangalore, IN;
Azimul Mannan, Darjeeling, IN;
Krishnan Raghavan, Bangalore, IN;
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for streaming content is disclosed. A streamer () detects a cue for a break in a segment of the program content, wherein the cue includes an identification of an advertising provider associated with the break. The streamer sends, to an advertisement server (), a request for content associated with the advertising provider, and receives, from the advertisement server, an advertisement associated with the advertising provider. Further, the streamer transcodes the advertisement based on configuration information of an additional device () to generate formatted content viewable on the additional device. Moreover, the streamer streams the formatted content to the additional device via the local connection.