Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing content segments of linear TV content and over-the-top (OTT) content
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Application No.: US17746689Application Date: 2022-05-17
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Publication No.: US11606591B1Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Matthew George Grover
- Applicant: Roku, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Roku, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roku, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04N21/262
- IPC: H04N21/262 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/845

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for coordinating the display of content segments in linear TV devices and over-the-top (OTT) media devices. A controller can select a content segment from a plurality of content segments of linear TV content provided to a plurality of linear TV devices to be displayed at a TV channel at a scheduled time instance. The controller can further select an OTT time instance separated from the scheduled time instance by a predetermined time interval, and provide a copy of the selected content segment to one or more media devices to be displayed at the one or more media devices at the OTT time instance.
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