US 11,671,639 B2
Systems and methods for value-based provision of television content in a hybrid quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)/internet protocol (IP) content delivery environment
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US); Glenn Altchek, Lawrenceville, NJ (US); Aakash Chokshi, New York, NY (US); Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Irving, TX (US); and Ataqurahman Patil, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,245.
Application 17/805,245 is a continuation of application No. 17/302,153, filed on Apr. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,368,734.
Application 17/302,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/746,420, filed on Jan. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,999,616, issued on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295130 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/25841 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a device, a set of content related to television content and associated with a location, for an available time slot associated with the location;
causing, by the device and based on determining that a first value associated with first content of the set of content does not satisfy a threshold value, replacement content to be obtained,
wherein the replacement content is associated with a second value that satisfies the threshold value; and
causing, by the device, the replacement content to be provided during the available time slot for viewing at the location.