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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2003
Steve Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
Erik Urdang, Boulder, CO (US);
Tom Gonder, Westminster, CO (US);
Bryan Santangelo, Superior, CO (US);
Brad Jordan, Boulder, CO (US);
Steve Riedl, Superior, CO (US);
Erik Urdang, Boulder, CO (US);
Tom Gonder, Westminster, CO (US);
Bryan Santangelo, Superior, CO (US);
Brad Jordan, Boulder, CO (US);
Time Warner Cable Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for creating a program for delivery to a client in a video time shifting architecture. The system of the present comprises an advertisement selection system (ADS) operative to select one or more advertisements and transmit one or more identifiers that uniquely identify the selected advertisements and an advertisement management system (AMS) operative to generate a playlist that identifies content. The playlist includes a user requested time shifted program and the one or more selected advertisements. A video server is operative to interpret the playlist and deliver the content to the user.