Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining an actual start of program content relative to a scheduled start of the program content
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Application No.: US15885399Application Date: 2018-01-31
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Publication No.: US10284889B1Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Eduardo Jimenez , Ilyssa Widen , Rodrigo Meneses , Mahesh Kumar Vasanthusomashekar
- Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: H04N21/235
- IPC: H04N21/235 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/845 ; H04N21/2187 ; H04N21/2387

Abstract:
An example may include identifying broadcast content, where the broadcast content includes program content of a program; identifying a scheduled start time of a time slot associated with the broadcast content; determining whether the broadcast content includes overflow content based on whether the broadcast content includes at least one of end credits or a break; and when the broadcast content does include the overflow content: determining an end time of the overflow content of the broadcast content; determining an actual start time of the program content based on the end time of the overflow content; and performing an action to enable a media client to play back the broadcast content, where the action enables the media client to begin play back at the actual start time of the program content.
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