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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew Grover, Draper, UT (US);
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for interactive control of live television broadcast streams. The method includes receiving a streaming live media feed () from a television broadcaster () and displaying an overlay () on media content (M) of the streaming live media feed (). The overlay () includes a play control option unassociated with an intermediary feed source of the live media feed between the television broadcaster and the media device (). The method further includes receiving a first selection input of the play control option and determining that the selection input corresponds to a play mode at a first location within the media content (M) of the streaming live media feed by determining that a first fingerprint () fails to match a second fingerprint (). Furthermore, the method includes overlaying targeted overlay content on the streaming live media feed.