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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:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Wideorbit Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Trevan Zosel, Bothell, WA (US);

Brian Edward Thoman, Everett, WA (US);

Francisco Lopez Alvarez, Woodinville, WA (US);

William E. Offeman, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

WideOrbit LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04H 60/375 (2013.01); H04N 21/26241 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and articles for assigning content, such as advertisements, to similar content breaks, such as advertisement placement opportunities, across multiple content providers. The systems disclosed herein automatically identify similar advertisement placement opportunities, such as advertisement placement opportunities occurring at the same time, across a plurality of media content providers, and assign an indicated advertisement spot to as many of the identified advertisement placement opportunities as possible. This is achieved by re-assigning advertisement spots which are already assigned to a slot in one of the advertisement placement opportunities to another slot in order to allow the indicated advertisement spot to be assigned to the slot.


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