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System, method and computer program product for verifying triggers in a video data stream

US8635640B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

James D. Huffman · Pittsford, US
Jon Heath · Bonne Terre, US
Christopher Heck · Lee's Summit, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 24, 2008
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04H60/40
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed for logging triggers in a video data stream the method including but not limited to monitoring a video data stream at an multimedia processor end user device; receiving from a data distribution server, the video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; detecting a trigger in the video data stream at the multimedia processor end user device; logging a time for the trigger detected in the video data stream in a trigger log at the multimedia processor end user device; and sending the trigger log an advertising verification system in the data distribution system for correlating the time the trigger occurred with an Advertising Schedule.

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