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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2020
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Laurence Ashbacher, Aptos, CA (US);
Steven Michael Cormie, Cambridge, GB;
John L Haynes, III, Sandy, UT (US);
Shashank Merchant, Sunnydale, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Ropke, Rochelle, NY (US);
Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Orinda, CA (US);
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method includes (i) accessing, by a computing system, broadcast-schedule data associated with a channel; (ii) using, by the computing system, the accessed broadcast-schedule data to identify an upcoming content-modification opportunity on the channel; (iii) determining, by the computing system, that a content-presentation device is receiving content on the channel; (iv) determining, by the computing system, a content-transmission delay associated with the content-presentation device and the channel; and (v) causing, by the computing system, the content-presentation device to perform an action to facilitate the content-presentation device performing, during a time-period that accounts for the determined content-transmission delay, a content-modification operation related to the identified upcoming content-modification opportunity on the channel.