Patent ID: 9060200
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for allowing a plurality of different local messages to be inserted across a plurality of insertion zones, comprising: a plurality of splicing components at a network head-end configured to receive a common network feed, the plurality of splicing components comprising one splicing component for each of the plurality of different local messages, each of said plurality of splicing components comprising an ad server component configured to play out at least one of the plurality of different local messages, wherein each of said plurality of splicing components are configured to transmit to at least one of the plurality of insertion zones; a programmable switch at the head-end having an input port for each of said plurality of splicing components and having an output port for each of said plurality of insertion zones, wherein said programmable switch is capable of mapping any input port to one or more output ports; and a controller configured to: