Digital ad insertion for video-on-demand
CA 2558488 C · Owner: Arris Group, Inc. · Inventors: Schiller, Jay B.; Matarese, Joseph R.; Poole, Andrew J. B.
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A service provider selects advertising to provide with video-on-demand content, the , advertising selected at least in part according to at least one of content metadata, ad , schedules, or subscriber profile information and to signal when the , advertising is unavailable. The service provider identifies ad break points for the video-ondemand , content and generates a playlist identifying the video-on-demand content and when , the video-on-demand content is to be provided and identifying content , corresponding to selected advertising, and when the content corresponding to the selected advertising is to be provided. The server receives from a set top box a signal to , pause or stop …
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- Filed March 9, 2005 and granted February 2, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 9, 2025.
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