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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
Jason L. Malamud, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Michael P. Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
Jason L. Malamud, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4586 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices, methods, and storage media provide for receiving an airing of a program and a national ad; recording the program and the national ad; identifying an age of the national ad; comparing the age of the national ad to a threshold time period; and obtaining a replacement national ad in response to a comparison indicating that the age of the national ad exceeds the threshold time period.