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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2002
Lee Begeja, Gillette, NJ (US);
David Crawford Gibbon, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Kenneth Mervin Huber, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Zhu Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Robert Edward Markowitz, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Bernard S. Renger, New Providence, NJ (US);
Behzad Shahraray, Freehold, NJ (US);
Gary Lee Zamchick, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Lee Begeja, Gillette, NJ (US);
David Crawford Gibbon, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Kenneth Mervin Huber, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Zhu Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Robert Edward Markowitz, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Bernard S. Renger, New Providence, NJ (US);
Behzad Shahraray, Freehold, NJ (US);
Gary Lee Zamchick, Tenafly, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for embedding information into streaming media is disclosed. In order to avoid a prolonged waiting period between the time a video stream is selected for viewing and the time it actually begins to play, information relevant to the content of the video stream is independently obtained and locally stored. This information may be advertising, text, games or any other media which may be of interest to the user. The information is embedded into the video or other media stream to be presented to the viewer and played immediately, so that the user avoids any wait time in viewing the selected stream that may occur due to bandwidth shortages or other system considerations.