Patent ID: 9537920
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating a top level manifest file for a media asset, the top level manifest file comprising program event information indicating whether the media asset is to be presented with supplemental content; providing the top level manifest file to a real-time adaptive bitrate (“ABR”) packager; and receiving, from a client, a request for a media-segment file corresponding to the media asset for consumption at the client; wherein the ABR packager is to interpret the program event information for the requested media-segment file to determine whether the program event information indicates that the media asset is to be presented with the supplemental content; and wherein the ABR packager is further to restrict trick-play operations if the program event information of the requested media-segment file indicates that the media asset is to be presented with the supplemental content and restriction criteria are met.