Patent ID: 9032454
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing interactive content, the method comprising: receiving a request for an interactive content stream at a mediation device, the request sent from a media device via a secure network; receiving the interactive content stream at the mediation device from a content provider via an unsecured network, wherein the interactive content stream includes a first interactive content element and a second interactive content element; determining, at the mediation device, whether the first interactive content element is to be delivered at a bandwidth that exceeds a threshold; and when the first interactive content element is to be delivered at the bandwidth that exceeds the threshold, removing the first interactive content element from the interactive content stream at the mediation device to produce a filtered interactive content stream to be sent to the media device via a video head-end, wherein the filtered interactive content stream includes the second interactive content element.