Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scheduling and presenting IPG ads in conjunction with programming ads in a television environment
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Application No.: US16044141Application Date: 2018-07-24
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Publication No.: US10587932B1Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Gregory C. Flickinger
- Applicant: Prime Research Alliance E., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E, LLC
- Current Assignee: PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: The Belles Group, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/858 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/454 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/433 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/2668 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/231 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N7/16 ; H04H60/72 ; H04H20/10 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04N21/478 ; H04H60/82 ; H04H60/31 ; H04H20/40

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method of displaying content portal advertisements and programming advertisements in a video delivery network environment is disclosed. The method includes providing a content portal to a plurality of viewers, the content portal for use by a viewer in navigating video programming. A content portal advertisement queue and a programming advertisement queue are received. Each programming advertisement is linked with one content portal advertisement of the content portal advertisement queue. A programming advertisement is displayed and, when the content portal is invoked immediately subsequent or concurrent to the displaying, the content portal advertisement is displayed. The content portal advertisement queue is reordered by placing the displayed content portal advertisement at the bottom of the content portal advertisement queue.
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