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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Daniel M. Miner, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Matthew Pinto, Big Bear City, CA (US);
Roberto Nery Da Fonseca, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A content distribution method including receiving in-band signals from respective content providers, where the in-band signals include video content. The method further includes: receiving at a placement opportunities information module first messages associated respectively with the content providers, where the first messages are advertisement messages and/or program messages and have respective formats; and mapping the first messages to second messages, where the second messages have a same format, and where the same format is different than the respective formats and is standardized for point of presence devices. The method further includes: combining the second messages with the video content to generate combined signals; forwarding the combined signals to an insertion module of a headend; generating output signals at the insertion module based on the combined signals; and for each of the output signals, transmitting a non-streaming signal or a streaming signal from the headend to the point of presence devices.