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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for inserting supplemental content into a quadrature amplitude modulation signal using existing bandwidth
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Application No.: US16834581Application Date: 2020-03-30
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Publication No.: US11303496B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: Michael McCarty , Glen E. Roe
- Applicant: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: H04L27/36
- IPC: H04L27/36 ; H04L47/80 ; H04L67/01

Abstract:
Systems and methods are described herein for inserting supplemental content into a QAM signal. A unicast QAM signal between a server and a client device for delivery of content is established. The QAM signal has a particular frequency corresponding to the channel on which it will be transmitted to the client device. A request or other signal may be received from the client device requesting that supplemental content be inserted into the QAM signal. A portion of the bandwidth of the QAM signal is allocated for the supplemental content. The supplemental content is transcoded into a supplemental QAM signal in the particular frequency. The supplemental content may be packetized content such as internet protocol-based content and may be retrieved from a server or database. The supplemental QAM signal is then inserted into the unicast QAM signal using the allocated portion of the bandwidth.
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