Patent ID: 8544038
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting content into a received broadcast stream for playback comprising: receiving a broadcast stream comprising at least one program channel for playback and processing the received broadcast stream for playback at a user's receiver in a playback stream; determining changes between program channel content segments in the at least one program channel; receiving indexed content segments that can be inserted into the playback stream at selected content index pointers corresponding to potential insertion points between selected ones of the program channel content segments; receiving control data indicating which of the indexed content segments to store at the receiver, and at least one of the frequency and when to insert selected ones of the indexed content segments into the playback stream; storing selected ones of the received indexed content segments at the receiver in accordance with the received control data; buffering the at least one program channel prior to playback, the buffered program channel comprising buffered content segments; and generating the playback stream using at least one of the buffered program channel and selected ones of the stored indexed content segments by