Patent ID: 8806528
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, by a mediation application executed on a processor, one or more digital programming insertion breaks in a linear media stream, wherein the linear media stream comprises electronic content delivered over a network at a time determined by a content provider; determining, by the mediation application, that a plurality of clients in communication with the mediation application and receiving the linear media stream are identified by a common group identifier; mediating, by the mediation application, a plurality of requests for digital programming insertion content provided by a digital programming insertion content provider, wherein mediating the plurality of requests comprises: providing, by the mediation application, the digital programming insertion content from the digital programming insertion content provider to the plurality of clients during the one or more digital programming insertion breaks based on the input received by the representative subset of clients.