Patent ID: 11936705
Assignee: MK SYSTEMS USA INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A computer-implemented method for playing alternative content in audio-video streams, said method comprising:
receiving, from a content system by way of a network, a first manifest data structure containing a plurality of data entries identifying a plurality of content segments of an audio-video stream;
initiating streaming of at least one of said plurality of content segments of said audio-video stream;
receiving, from said content system, an indicator of availability of alternative content corresponding to one or more portions of a program, wherein the one or more portions are of particular interest to an end user;
sending, to said content system by way of said network, a request for said alternative content during said streaming of said at least one of said plurality of content segments of said audio-video stream;
receiving, from said content system by way of said network, a second manifest data structure reflective of removal from said first manifest data structure at least one of said data entries identifying those of said plurality of content segments that are not indicated by said one of said alternative content indicators as being an alternative content segment, the second manifest data structure retaining those of said data entries identifying a subset of said plurality of content segments which contain alternative content corresponding to said portions of said program of particular interest to said end user; and
interrupting said streaming of said at least one said plurality content segments and initiating streaming of at least one of said subset of said plurality of content segments which contain alternative content present in an unmodified manifest data structure and retained in said modified manifest data structure.