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Patent No.:

US 12574426 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2023

Identifying insertion points for inserting live content into a continuous content stream

Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Justin Lewis, Marina del Rey, CA (US);

Ruxandra Georgiana Davies, Santa Monica, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Primary Examiner:

Aftab N Khan

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G11B 27/02 (2006.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04L 65/60 (2013.01); G11B 27/02 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/26233 (2013.01); H04N 21/26258 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01);

Abstract

A system and method for identifying insertion points for inserting live content into a continuous content stream is disclosed. A live content item to include in a content stream presented to a user of a client device is identified. The live content item is identified based on a user preference of the user of the user. The live content item is determined to be presented based on a start time of the live content item. An indicator of the live content item is caused to be presented on a user interface at the start time of the live content item during playback of the content stream.

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