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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Dinkar N Bhat, Princeton, NJ (US);
ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method implemented in a computer system for inserting advertisements into an audio/video stream. The method receives the audio/video stream, and monitors it to detect an advertisement insertion notification for the audio/video stream. The advertisement insertion notification references an advertisement insertion point at a position in the audio/video stream. The method determines a disposition of the audio/video stream at the position, and examines at least one advertisement stream to identify a matching advertisement stream having an advertisement disposition that agrees with the disposition of the audio/video stream at the position. The method inserts the matching advertisement stream into the audio/video stream at the position.