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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Hulu, Llc, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventor:
Zachary McKeel Cava, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
HULU, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2396 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/8358 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method receives a request for a segment of video from a client. The request is associated with an identity. The method maps the segment to a variant value in a representation for the identity and selects a variant for the segment from a plurality of variants based on the variant value in the representation. A first segment of a first variant of the plurality of variants includes a first marker and a second segment of a second variant of the plurality of variants includes a second marker. The variant of the segment is then delivered to the client.