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US 10986403
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US10986403B2
Title: Interactive digital media and advertising presentation platform
Patent number: US10986403B2 | Application: US10/606,729 | Publication: US20040003398A1
Inventors: Philip M. Donian; Larry E. Henneman, Jr.; Michael M. Malione
Assignee: Original — Piranha Media Distribution, Inc.; current listed assignee — Piranha Media Distribution LLC.
Key dates: Priority date 2002-06-27; filing date 2003-06-26; granted/publication date 2021-04-20; legal status Active, adjusted expiration 2028-08-19. The family is flagged as having litigation and PTAB proceedings.
Classifications: H04N21/00 (selective content distribution, e.g., interactive television/VOD); H04N21/44204 (monitoring of content usage); H04N21/23424 (splicing one video stream with another, e.g., inserting/substituting an advertisement); G06F21/10 (digital rights management); G06Q30/02 (marketing); H04L65/612 (network streaming of media packets for unicast); and others.
Purpose and plain-language scope: The title and classifications indicate a platform for presenting interactive digital media together with advertising. According to the classification scheme cited in the source, the subject matter concerns client devices adapted for reception of and interaction with content, processing or demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream, monitoring content usage (e.g., how many times or how much of a movie was viewed), server-side processing and splicing of video streams to insert or substitute advertisements, and streaming of media packets, alongside digital rights management and marketing/commerce aspects. In plain terms, it appears directed to distributing digital media to viewers and inserting advertising into that media, while tracking usage.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10986403](/patent/US10986403)/en
What the excerpt does not establish: The supplied text contains no claims, abstract, or detailed description. It therefore does not establish the specific claimed elements, the actual inventive scope, the technology's implementation details, or any technical effect. Litigation/PTAB and ownership entries are recorded only as listings (including a security-interest assignment) and are not analyzed here.
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