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Message delivery mechanism

  • US 8,959,539 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Issued: 02/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a server device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the server device, a video stream, wherein the video stream is divided into a sequence of video segments and includes one or more cue messages, and wherein the video stream is being sent to a customer device;

    receiving, by the server device, a request to insert a message into the video stream;

    determining, by the server device and independently of the one or more cue messages, a particular video segment after which to insert the message into the video stream, responsive to detecting a scene change between the particular video segment and a next video segment in the sequence of video segments based on histograms of at least one of color or luminance in the particular video segment;

    pausing, by the server device, the video stream after the particular video segment;

    inserting, by the server device, the message into the video stream after the particular video segment;

    sending, by the server device, the message in the video stream to the customer device; and

    resuming, by the server device, sending of the video stream to the customer device with the next video segment.

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