The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventor:
Srinath V. Ramaswamy, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/45457 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for users to cause replacement of one or more advertisements or other content items. Based on a request to replace a content item, output of the content item may be interrupted. An alternate content item may be output during a time period when a portion of the interrupted content item was scheduled to be output.