Patent ID: 9654811
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A system configured to transmit a plurality of content streams comprising one or more content elements selected by individual ones of a group of terminals, said system comprising: a control apparatus configured to associate one or more carriers with respective ones of said one or more content elements, said control apparatus comprising at least one data interface, a data processing apparatus, and a memory apparatus, and one or more computerized logic routines operative to run on said data processing apparatus; a modulator apparatus in data communication with the control apparatus; and a switching apparatus in data communication with the control apparatus configured to route a plurality of data streams to said modulator apparatus, each of said plurality of data streams configured to respectively represent individual ones of said one or more content elements selected by said individual ones of said group of terminals; wherein said control apparatus is further configured to cause individual ones of said group of terminals to tune to a previously determined channel configured to carry one or more advertisements when said one or more carriers cannot carry said one or more content elements selected by individual ones of said group of terminals; wherein said modulator apparatus is further configured to modulate said one or more carriers with said plurality of data streams configured to represent said individual ones of said one or more content elements associated therewith to generate said plurality of content streams; wherein individual ones of said plurality of data streams are automatically removed from modulation on said one or more carriers when a program boundary of said individual ones of said plurality of content elements is reached; and wherein said control apparatus is further configured to: