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Dynamic application insertion for MPEG stream switching

US8549576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 2009
Grant dateOct 1, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/818
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for dynamically creating and inserting an application into an MPEG program transport stream. The application may be subsequently run on a customer premises equipment (CPE) device to effect switching between content streams for presentation to viewers based on other available data, such as targeting information.

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