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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Goldspot Media, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xin Feng, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Srinivasa Dharmaji, Cupertino, CA (US);
GoldSpot Media, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Content is downloaded to a mobile handheld device (MHD) and buffered on the MHD prior to, and during, viewing. Normal wireless bandwidth varies with atmospheric conditions, distance, obstructions in the path, etc. and hence the speed at which a content-buffer (CB) on the MHD is replenished changes. Because this can result in very low quality viewing experience for the user, the capability for alternate content scheduling provided a micro-splicer is used to enable stored alternate content or advertisement insertion during periods of low viewing quality, when the CB does not hold sufficient content during the viewing period. This alternate content insertion allows the CB to be refilled before the user resumes content viewing.