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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

George Grigore, Iaşi, RO;

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/64 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/6408 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); H04N 21/414 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/462 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/6408 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for distributing content over a local area network (LAN) between a first device within the LAN and a second device within the LAN. A first device multicasts a LAN-specific content beacon over the LAN. The LAN-specific content beacon includes an identifier uniquely identifying the first device. A second device sends a response to the LAN-specific content beacon requesting secondary generates the secondary content based on profile information associated with the second device and unicasts the secondary content to the second device for integration into primary content being generated for display at the second device.


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