Patent ID: 9124928
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: transmitting a signal including first video material, from a video source, over an internet protocol network, to consumer premises equipment, via a switch, wherein said video source has a source address and wherein there is a first path length between said switch and said video source; and controlling, by a supplemental video material server coupled to said switch, an insertion of supplemental video material into said signal obtained by said consumer premises equipment upon occurrence of a first triggering condition by announcing a short route metric from said supplemental video material server, said short route metric which causes said switch to perceive a second path length, between said switch and said supplemental video material server, as shorter than said first path length, said supplemental video material server having a source address identical to said source address of said video source, such that said consumer premises equipment obtains said supplemental video material from said supplemental video material server instead of said first video material from said video source.