Advertisement monitor system
US9094734B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4383
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes identifying an advertisement break in a video program schedule. A target group of subscriber devices to receive advertisements at the advertisement break is also identified. The method includes assigning attributes associated with the target group of subscriber devices to each of a plurality of video client applications. Parameters are provided to a plurality of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) tuners based on each of the assigned plurality of video client applications. A video stream that includes an advertisement insertion event is received at the scheduled advertisement break from the plurality of QAM tuners. The advertisement insertion event includes an in-band signal that directs each of the assigned plurality of video client applications to tune to an advertisement feed associated with each of the at least one target group of subscriber devices for a duration of the advertisement break.
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