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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Ted Tsuchida, Woodinville, WA (US);
Douglas A. Miller, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert E. Novak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ted Tsuchida, Woodinville, WA (US);
Douglas A. Miller, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert E. Novak, Kirkland, WA (US);
ARRIS Group, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a substitution for a broadcast content, includes: a substitute content engine configured to detect a break in a broadcast content and to show substitute content in response to the break in a broadcast content; and a processor configured to execute the substitute content engine. An apparatus for substituting broadcast content displayed on a screen, including: a customer premise equipment capable to receive broadcast content; the customer premise equipment including a viewing engine capable to permit the display of substitute content in response to a break in the broadcast content.