×

Asset conflict resolution for content on demand asset insertion

  • US 9,386,349 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2012
  • Issued: 07/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system operable to select from a plurality of assets for insertion into a Content On Demand (COD) content selection, the system comprising:

  • a processor that interfaces between a content provider and asset providers, wherein the processor is operable to receive the COD content selection having availability for asset insertion from the content provider, to process campaign items of the asset providers, the campaign items having one or more assets, to qualify the campaign items for the COD content selection, and to rank the qualified campaign items; and

    an asset conflict resolution module operable to identify asset timeslots within the COD content selection, to evaluate the campaign items in the order of the rank of the campaign items, and to exclude assets of a campaign item from insertion when the campaign item violates brand separation rules of recently inserted assets;

    for a campaign item that does adhere to brand separation rules of recently inserted assets, the asset conflict resolution module further operable to evaluate each individual asset of that campaign item, and to include assets that are validated based on the evaluation in a selection list; and

    the asset conflict resolution further configured to rank assets included in the selection list, and to direct the processor to place assets in the COD content selection based on the rank of assets included in the selection list.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×