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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Yieldmo, Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Terry McClendon, New York, NY (US);

David Sebag, New York, NY (US);

Sambit Patnaik, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Yieldmo, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/234345 (2013.01);
Abstract

One variation of a method includes: rendering a home screen of an ad stream viewed on a display of a streaming device accessed by a user, the home screen including an image player located in a first subregion of the home screen and a set of icons selectable by the user, each icon corresponding to a video advertisement loaded within the image player; in response to detecting a first user input proximal a first icon, reconfiguring the image player to a second subregion of the home screen and triggering playback of a first video advertisement within the image player; and, during playback of the first video advertisement, in response to receiving a second user input proximal the first icon, reconfiguring the image player to a third subregion of the home screen, activating an audio stream corresponding to the first video advertisement, and continuing playback of the first video advertisement.


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