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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Karthik Sankaranarayanan, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Visweswariah, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Selecting a content filler from a plurality of content fillers in a satellite broadcast comprises receiving a content in a first broadcast frequency channel, and a plurality of content fillers in a respective plurality of second broadcast frequency channels, wherein the content includes a gap in content to be filled by one of the plurality of content fillers, the gap in content defined by a start indicator and an end indicator. The receiver transmits the content to a display device. The receiver determines a second broadcast frequency channel, from among the plurality of second broadcast frequency channels and responsive to receiving the start indicator, switches to the determined second broadcast frequency channel, transmits the content filler in the determined second broadcast frequency channel to the display device. Responsive to receiving the end indicator, the receiver switches to the first broadcast frequency channel and transmits the content to the display device.
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