Patent ID: 9596514
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: displaying, by a computing device, an interface for playback of a media program that includes a set of ad slots, the interface including a progress bar and a progress slider that shows a current location of playback of the media program; displaying, by the computing device, a set of indicators for the set of ad slots indicating pre-set locations of the set of ad slots within the media program, the set of indicators associated with the progress bar of the interface and indicating a transition from the playback of the media program to playback of an advertisement; accepting, by the computing device, a command in the interface from a user to move an indicator in the set of indicators from a pre-set location associated with the progress bar to a user defined location associated with the progress bar, wherein the pre-set location corresponds to a first temporal location within the media program; moving, by the computing device, the indicator on the interface to indicate a different location associated with the interface from the pre-set location, the different location determined based on the user defined location, wherein a respective ad slot for the indicator is moved from the first temporal location within the media program to a second temporal location within the media program that corresponds to the different location; and when the progress slider moves to reach the indicator in the different location on the progress bar, transitioning, by the computing device, from playing the media program to playing an advertisement on the interface during the ad slot at the second temporal location within the media program.