Set-Top Box with Enhanced Content and System and Method for Use of Same

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the signal input, the signal output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
• the signal input configured to receive a source signal from an external source, the source signal including a stream of network programming having a plurality of time slots interposed therein;
• the signal output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
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• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive network programming on the signal input and forward the network programming to the display via the signal output,
• detect signaling data indicative of the designated time slot within the network programming,
• access content stored at the set-top box,
• interpose the content at the designated time slot within the network programming and forward the interposed content to the display via the signal output, and
• following the forwarding of the interposed content, receive network programming on the signal input and forward the network programming to the display via the signal output.

A set-top box comprising:

• a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein;
• a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the signal input, the signal output, the processor, the memory, and the storage;
• the signal input configured to receive a source signal from an external source, the source signal including a stream of network programming having a plurality of time slots interposed therein, the plurality of time slots indicating a respective plurality of advertisements within the network programming;
• the signal output configured to forward a fully tuned signal to a display;
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• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a schedule from a server, the schedule including a listing of the plurality of time slots,
• store the schedule at the set-top box,
• receive content relative to a designated time slot from the server according to the schedule,
• store the content at the set-top box,
• receive network programming on the signal input and forward the network programming to the display via the signal output,
• detect signaling data indicative of the designated time slot within the network programming,
• interpose, by way of splicing, the content at the designated time slot within the network programming and forward the interposed content to the display via the signal output, and
• following the forwarding of the interposed content, receive network programming on the signal input and forward the network programming to the display via the signal output.