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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Brian Griffin, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Glenn Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Brian Huss, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Colleen Fahey Rush, Port Washington, NY (US);
Brian Griffin, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Glenn Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Brian Huss, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Colleen Fahey Rush, Port Washington, NY (US);
Viacom International Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for providing online advertising is provided. The method includes providing, by a video delivery module, online video content to a user and maintaining, by a tracking module, a content consumption counter tracking an amount of time the user has watched the video content. The method also includes preventing, by a blocking module, the user from controlling playback of the video content if the content consumption counter satisfies a time characteristic. The method further includes providing, by an advertisement delivery module, a portion of an advertisement section to the user during the preventing. The duration of the portion of the advertisement section is dependent on the time characteristic.