Patent ID: 9686588
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor: receiving, over an electronic network, a stream of media content comprising at least one spot marker designating a spot location at which to insert a spot content unit into the media stream; detecting, in the received media stream, the at least one spot marker, the at least one spot marker including spot content selection information for selecting a spot content unit to insert at the spot location; selecting at least one spot content unit based on the spot content selection information of the detected at least one spot marker; reproducing, at a client device, the media content stream with the selected at least one spot content unit; updating an audit log based on reproducing the selected at least one spot content unit; and automatically sending the audit log to a server in accordance with a predetermined time interval.