System and method for delivering content to mobile devices
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for a system for generating an optimized video for playback on a mobile device, the optimized video including video events and advertising events selected at the time of playback, comprising:
- instructions for a manifest generating module configured to retrieve video content from a content repository for listing in a content manifest in response to a received request from the mobile device, the content manifest being transferred to the mobile device to provide at least temporal instructions on the method of delivery for the content events, and the location of the content to the mobile device and the content manifest including at least one advertisement event insertion point, the content manifest being modifiable only by the manifest generating module of the system;
instructions for an advertising correlation module configured to retrieve one or more advertisements based on a correlation between defined properties of the advertisement and playback properties received from the mobile device, the playback properties including at least location information, indicating where the mobile device is currently located, and user information, the playback properties being received at the advertising correlation module from the mobile device at least when the request is made from the mobile device to the manifest generating module and at least at one other point during playback of the content by the mobile device; and
instructions for an advertisement event serving module configured to provide the retrieved one or more advertisements for insertion into the at least one advertisement insertion point such that the retrieved video content events and the retrieved one or more advertisements can be played on the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system for generating an optimized video including in-stream events for video content and advertising content selected at the time of playback. The system includes a manifest generating module configured to retrieve video content from a content repository for listing in a content manifest in response to a received request from a mobile device, the content manifest including at least one advertisement insertion point. The system further includes an advertising event correlation module configured to retrieve one or more advertisements based on a correlation between advertisement properties and playback properties and an advertisement serving module configured to provide the retrieved one or more advertisement for insertion into the at least one advertisement event insertion point.
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23 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for a system for generating an optimized video for playback on a mobile device, the optimized video including video events and advertising events selected at the time of playback, comprising:
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instructions for a manifest generating module configured to retrieve video content from a content repository for listing in a content manifest in response to a received request from the mobile device, the content manifest being transferred to the mobile device to provide at least temporal instructions on the method of delivery for the content events, and the location of the content to the mobile device and the content manifest including at least one advertisement event insertion point, the content manifest being modifiable only by the manifest generating module of the system; instructions for an advertising correlation module configured to retrieve one or more advertisements based on a correlation between defined properties of the advertisement and playback properties received from the mobile device, the playback properties including at least location information, indicating where the mobile device is currently located, and user information, the playback properties being received at the advertising correlation module from the mobile device at least when the request is made from the mobile device to the manifest generating module and at least at one other point during playback of the content by the mobile device; and instructions for an advertisement event serving module configured to provide the retrieved one or more advertisements for insertion into the at least one advertisement insertion point such that the retrieved video content events and the retrieved one or more advertisements can be played on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for generating an optimized video for playback on a mobile device, the optimized video including video content and advertising content selected at the time of playback, comprising the steps of:
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retrieving video content from a computer-implemented content repository for listing in a content manifest in response to a received request from a mobile device, the content manifest being transferred to the mobile device to provide at least temporal instructions on the method of delivery for the content events and the content manifest not being modifiable by the mobile device, and the location of the content to the mobile device and the content manifest including at least one advertisement event insertion point; retrieving one or more advertisements based on a correlation between one or more predefined properties of the advertisement and one or more playback properties received from the mobile device, the playback properties including at least location information indicating where the mobile device is currently located, and user information, the playback properties being received from the mobile device at least when the request is made from the mobile device and at least at one other point during playback of the content by the mobile device; providing the retrieved one or more advertisements for insertion into the at least one advertisement event insertion point; and
transmitting the content manifest of a wireless network to the mobile device such that the mobile device can play the optimized video. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for a system for generating an optimized video for playback on a mobile device including video content and advertising content selected at the time of playback, comprising instructions for:
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a manifest generating module configured to retrieve video content from a content repository for listing in a content manifest in response to a received request from the mobile device, the content manifest being modifiable only by the manifest generating module of the system and the content manifest being transferred to the mobile device to provide at least temporal instructions on the method of delivery for the content events, and the location of the content to the mobile device and the content manifest including at least one advertisement insertion point; an advertisement serving module configured to provide advertisement content for insertion into the at least one advertisement insertion point, wherein the advertising serving module receives a set of playback properties from the mobile device, the playback properties including at least location information, indicating where the mobile device is currently located, and user information, the playback properties being received at the advertising serving module at least when the request is made from the mobile device and at least at one other point during playback of the content by the mobile device and at least one of the video content and the advertisement content is selected based on a correlation between the content and the received playback properties. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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