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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:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hemant Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); H04N 21/26233 (2013.01); H04N 21/26241 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a user input requesting an event to be displayed; playing out the requested event; identifying a type of the requested event; estimating a duration of a next commercial break occurring in the requested event according to the type; selecting at least one advertisement having a duration corresponding to the estimated duration of the next commercial break; and playing out the at least one advertisement. Related systems, apparatus and methods are also described.