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Providing content interruptions

  • US 20070162951A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2007
  • Published: 07/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system comprising:

  • a receiver to receive content and at least one advertisement;

    a cache, coupled to said receiver, to store said content and said at least one advertisement; and

    an interface, in said receiver, to select at least one stored advertisement, said advertisement selection based on a content characteristic that is specified by an advertisement provider, said interface also to retrieve content from said cache to enable the display of the retrieved content in a regular viewing mode, to detect a user-initiated pause of the regular viewing mode, and in response to said detecting, to provide a user interface that enables the user to view said at least one selected advertisement for as long as the content remains paused.

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