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US 2021/0281923 A1Published application
Automated commercial content shifting in a video streaming system
AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.
InventorROBERT DREW MAJOR
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AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.
InventorROBERT DREW MAJOR
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Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of commercial content in a video streaming system. Various embodiments facilitate the improved delivery of commercial content in a video streaming system by providing the ability to shift content to allow multiple relatively short commercials to be replaced with one or more longer commercials. As an example, a program channel is monitored to detect commercial content that has a first timespan. This commercial content is replaced with replacement commercial content that has a different timespan. The timing of the video stream is then adjusted to compensate for the difference in the timespan. For example, by monitoring the program channel to detect later commercial content that also has a timespan less than a threshold amount and then skipping this later detected commercial content.
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An automated process executable by a streaming server in communication with video player device over a network, the automated process comprising:
A streaming server in communication with a video player device over a network, the streaming server comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform an automated process by executing digital instructions stored in the memory, wherein the automated process comprises:
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