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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Balaji Venkat Venkataswami, Chennai, IN;
Mahesh Vittal, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Ganesan Velrajan, Chennai, IN;
Balaji Venkat Venkataswami, Chennai, IN;
Mahesh Vittal, Chennai, IN;
Srinivasan Santhanam, Chennai, IN;
Ganesan Velrajan, Chennai, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for a service provider to stream user-customized information. In an embodiment, the user-customized information includes tickers, advertisements and other types of user-specific information. Users can register for categories that interest them, from an available set of categories. The service provider can then stream the user-customized information on the basis of registration information. A parent service provider streams a main event and gives the service provider control of streaming the user-customized information during still periods of the main event. The service provider can also stream tickers, based on the registered categories, during the main event.