US 12,483,754 B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for local content storage within a media network
Seth Haberman, New York, NY (US); and Gerrit Niemeijer, Maplewood, NJ (US)
Assigned to FreeWheel Media, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by FreeWheel Media, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/200,171.
Application 17/200,171 is a continuation of application No. 16/565,027, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 10,979,763.
Application 16/565,027 is a continuation of application No. 15/806,032, filed on Nov. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,448,095, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/806,032 is a continuation of application No. 13/960,382, filed on Aug. 6, 2013, granted, now 9,838,738, issued on Dec. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/679,836, filed on Aug. 6, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060783 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/65 (2011.01); H04N 21/6543 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44016 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/26216 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/6543 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining unused bandwidth, in a first transport stream comprising one or more content elements, that is available for insertion of targeted content;
determining, based on audience segmentation information, a targeted advertising content element to present, via the first transport stream, to a computing device that is outputting content received via a second transport stream;
inserting, in the unused bandwidth of the first transport stream, the targeted advertising content element; and
sending, via the second transport stream, one or more signals instructing the computing device to access the targeted advertising content element via the first transport stream in the unused bandwidth, wherein the one or more signals comprise metadata indicating a time and location within the first transport stream.