Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Break state detection for reduced capability devices
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Application No.: US16197828Application Date: 2018-11-21
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Publication No.: US10971138B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Matthew Karl Marchio , Peter Arthur Pulliam , George Allen Smith , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
- Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MD Cockeysville
- Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Cockeysville
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Main IPC: G10L15/18
- IPC: G10L15/18 ; G11B27/036 ; H04N21/44 ; H04N21/6332 ; H04N21/458 ; G06F40/106 ; G06F40/186 ; G06F16/31 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0488 ; G10L15/04 ; G10L15/26 ; G10L19/018 ; G10L25/57 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04N21/2187 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N21/2343 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/254 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/4627 ; H04N21/466 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/4782 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/845 ; H04N21/854 ; H04N21/8543

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect, the described techniques may include streaming a segment of primary content, for example, by a reduce capability client device, such as a mobile device or tablet. The device may receive information indicative of a break in the streaming of the primary content. The device may play secondary content based on receiving the information indicative of the break. The device may determine when a next segment of the primary content is available, and begin streaming the next segment of the primary content upon detecting that the second segment of the primary content is available.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200302921A9 BREAK STATE DETECTION FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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