Patent ID: 8694396
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing a user from experiencing an episodic advertisement out of order, wherein the episodic advertisement comprises a plurality of advertisements intended to be viewed in an ordered sequence, the method comprising: storing information, using control circuitry, that indicates a sequence in which the plurality of advertisements of the episodic advertisement have been viewed, wherein each advertisement of the plurality of advertisements corresponds to a different part of a story that the episodic advertisement tells; identifying, based on the stored information, a first position that is next in the ordered sequence relative to the sequence in which the plurality of advertisements have been viewed; determining using the control circuitry whether the user is about to experience a first advertisement of the episodic advertisement that is in a second position in the ordered sequence different from the first position; selecting using the control circuitry, in response to determining the user is about to experience the first advertisement, a second of the plurality of advertisements of the episodic advertisement that corresponds to the first position; and presenting the second advertisement of the episodic advertisement in place of the first advertisement.