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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2023
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ismail R. Haritaoglu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Oztan Harmanci, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for managing video playback for users during video streaming is disclosed. In one aspect, the method may include receiving a request from a first video player for playing a video stream, identifying a first playlist for the video stream, modifying the first playlist for the video stream to produce a second playlist identifying a first combination of video content segments and alternative content segments, transmitting the second playlist to the first video player to allow the first video player to provide playback of video content comprising the first combination of the video content segments and the alternative content segments, receiving, from the first video player, an indication of a request of a user of the first video player to seek forward when viewing the video content, modifying the second playlist for the video stream to produce a third playlist identifying a second combination of video content segments and alternative content segments, and transmitting the third playlist to the first video player, the third playlist indicating whether the request of the user to seek forward is allowed.