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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:
Dec. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Viacom International Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jeff Hess, New York, NY (US);

Jonathan Edlin Clegg, New York, NY (US);

Scott Danahy, New York, NY (US);

Gregg William Riedel, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/23406 (2013.01); H04N 21/23608 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device, system, and method perform an automatic change over for transport streams. The method is performed at an output server. The method includes selecting a first transport stream. The method includes generating a first portion of an output based on the first transport stream. The method includes selecting a second transport stream. The method includes determining a frametime to synchronize first packets of the first transport stream to second packets of the second transport stream. The frametime is based on a start time of a content item included in the first transport stream and the second transport stream and a completed progression of the content item using the first transport stream. The method includes determining a location in the second transport stream based on the frametime. The method includes generating a second portion of the output based on the second transport stream starting at the location.


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