公开(公告)号：US11889225B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US18075032

申请日：2022-12-05

Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

Inventor： Yunfeng Yang ,  John Barbieri

IPC: H04N5/92

CPC classification number: H04N5/92

Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.

公开(公告)号：US11570396B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US17535193

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

Inventor： Yunfeng Yang ,  John Barbieri

IPC: H04N5/783 ,  H04N5/92

Abstract: Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for independently controlling an audio stream relative to a video stream in audio trick mode. In one example, an audio stream and a video stream is received, where the audio stream comprises frames that correspond to corresponding frames of the video stream. The audio and video streams are played from a first time to a second time at a first speed. An input to time shift the audio stream independent of the video stream is received, and after receiving such, the audio stream is time shifted to the first time. Then, the audio stream may be re-played from the first time to the second time at a second speed different from the first speed.

公开(公告)号：US20250097525A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18774424

申请日：2024-07-16

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： John Barbieri ,  Yunfeng Yang

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads). Upon encountering an indication of an upcoming ad break including one or more evergreen ads in an addressable ad playlist, an ad request may be automatically transmitted that puts those evergreen ad spots up for bidding by various advertisers, and then such ads may be replaced by IP ads that in total have a duration equaling the duration of the evergreen ads being replaced and that are based on, among other things, a user's or household's receiving device location, a current channel a particular receiving device at that location is tuned to, a particular program that is playing on that channel, a genre of the program, individual user and/or household demographics including, but not limited to: age category, marital status, income range, gender, education level, occupation, and number of people in the household, etc. The selected IP ad(s) are then, in real time, seamlessly inserted or “stitched”, as described herein, into a media content stream comprising or consisting of the television programming (e.g., live linear satellite (SAT) stream) or other media content stream.

公开(公告)号：US20250097500A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18774414

申请日：2024-07-16

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Paul R. Marshall ,  Dipal Patel ,  Robert Percival ,  Robert W. Estus ,  John Barbieri

IPC: H04N21/2668

Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads). Upon encountering an indication of an upcoming ad break including one or more evergreen ads in an addressable ad playlist, an ad request may be automatically transmitted that puts those evergreen ad spots up for bidding by various advertisers, and then such ads may be replaced by IP ads that in total have a duration equaling the duration of the evergreen ads being replaced and that are based on, among other things, a user's or household's receiving device location, a current channel a particular receiving device at that location is tuned to, a particular program that is playing on that channel, a genre of the program, individual user and/or household demographics including, but not limited to: age category, marital status, income range, gender, education level, occupation, and number of people in the household, etc. The selected IP ad(s) are then, in real time, seamlessly inserted or “stitched”, as described herein, into a media content stream comprising or consisting of the television programming (e.g., live linear satellite (SAT) stream) or other media content stream.