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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:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Yunfeng Yang, Aurora, CO (US);

John D Barbieri, Littleton, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 5/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to principles of the disclosure, audio/video programs are dynamically and concurrently displayed to a user in a first window and a second window ('picture-in-picture display') based on the user's identified demographic characteristics. At least one of the audio/video programs is previously transmitted and saved to a memory of a set-top box and is loaded for display on demand. By storing a plurality of content with relevance to the user locally, the system may rapidly respond to breaks in an audio/video program the user is watching by initiating picture-in-picture display. The audio/video programs displayed in the first window and second window may be advertisements or any other audio/video program suitable for display.


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