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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Clare Rubin, Belmont, CA (US);
Chen Huang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Maria Angelidou, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes providing an interface that permits a first user to broadcast a live video to one or more second users. The method also includes determining that at least one predetermined condition for taking a commercial break during the live video has been met. The method also includes, after determining that at least one of the predetermined conditions has been met, displaying a selectable option within the interface that permits the first user to begin the commercial break. The method also includes, after receiving an indication that the first user has selected the selectable option to begin the commercial break, beginning the commercial break by ceasing to display the live video to the one or more second users after a predetermined amount of time and displaying one or more commercials to the one or more second users during the commercial break.