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US 10848792
System and method for providing audience-targeted content triggered by events during program
Current assignee: Maestro Interactive Inc
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US10848792B2
Title: System and method for providing audience-targeted content triggered by events during program
Patent number: US10848792B2
Application number: US16/293,065
Publication of application: US20190273954A1 (2019-09-05)
Grant/publication date: 2020-11-24
Filing date: 2019-03-05
Priority date (as listed): 2018-03-05 (noted as an assumption, not a legal conclusion)
Anticipated expiration (as listed): 2039-03-05
Inventor: Ari Evans
Assignee: Maestro Interactive Inc (original and current assignee as listed; noted as possibly inaccurate and not legally analyzed)
Legal status (as listed): Active
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US10848792](/patent/US10848792)/en
Purpose and plain-language scope (per supplied text): The patent relates to selective content distribution, e.g., interactive television or video on demand. Its classifications concern monitoring content usage, splicing/substituting one content stream with another (e.g., inserting or substituting an advertisement), multiplexing additional data with video, managing end-user demographical and preference data, and creating dedicated channels for end-user groups via targeted commercial insertion. The title and prior-art keywords ("program," "content," "audience," "adjunct," "event") indicate a system and method for delivering content targeted to an audience, triggered by events occurring during a program. The background notes that video content (television shows and movies) has been delivered over the air or via cable/satellite providers, that delivery has evolved to new platforms, and that consumer behavior has evolved toward more interactive engagement, with an identified struggle in this evolving landscape.
What the supplied excerpt does not establish: The excerpt is expressly partial. It omits the detailed description, claims, and drawings. It therefore does not establish the specific claimed elements, the precise trigger mechanism, how "adjunct" content is selected or inserted, or the actual scope of any claim. The background text is truncated mid-sentence ("one struggle... related to delivery of video c"), so no further background is established. All dates, assignments, status, and expiration entries are labeled assumptions and are not legal conclusions.
Per instructions, no litigation, ownership transfers, validity, or prior-art analysis is included.
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