Patent ID: 8387102
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing a number of data streams providing a program to viewers comprising: receiving a first data stream of the program, the first data stream beginning at a first time interval; effecting display of the program using the first data stream relative to the first time interval; detecting a break marker occurring at a break marker location time in the first data stream, the break marker corresponding to an advertisement within the first data stream having an advertisement time; determining an earliest data stream location time based on the break marker location time and the advertisement time; receiving a second data stream that begins at a second time interval later than the first time interval where the second data stream is at a location between the earliest stream location time and the break marker location time; buffering the second data stream; effecting display of the program using the second data stream at a program location corresponding to the break marker location time in the first data stream such that the program displayed using the second data stream is displayed at a same program location in the first data stream where the break marker occurred using the buffered the second data stream.