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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Narendra B. Babu, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Kiran K. Patibandla, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Syed Mohasin Zaki, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Jacques Franklin, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Inventors:
Narendra B. Babu, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Kiran K. Patibandla, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Syed Mohasin Zaki, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Jacques Franklin, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 5/782 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2013.01); H04N 5/782 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for injecting program markers in live media steams is presented. A first marker is injected into a live media stream to designate a start of a live program. A second marker is injected a into the live media stream to designate an end of the live program. The live stream with the injected markers is transcoded the for transmission to a set-top box.