Systems and methods for countering information blocking on a device

• US 9,762,962 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
• Original Assignee: Canoe Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Canney, Jason
• Primary Examiner(s): MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
• Application Number:
  US15/237,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 393 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

Systems and methods presented herein provide for countering functionality on a UE that prevents the UE from requesting asset insertion into COD content. An ADS evaluates and ranks a plurality of assets for insertion into the selected COD content. A request manager determines that the UE is blocking a request for asset insertion into COD content selected by the UE, and generates a message for the UE requesting payload delivery information for the selected COD content based on the determination. The message circumvents the blocking and directs the UE to request asset insertion. The request manager processes a response from the UE for the payload delivery information, extracts a request for asset insertion from the response, directs the ADS to select a first of the assets based on the ranking, and directs the remote COD provider to insert the first asset with the selected COD content.

Claims

1. A system operable in a Content On Demand (COD) environment, the system comprising:

an asset decision system (ADS) operable to interact with a remote COD provider that provides a selected COD content to a user'"'"'s equipment (UE), to evaluate a plurality of assets for insertion into the selected COD content, and to rank the assets; and

a request manager operable to determine that the UE is blocking a request for asset insertion into the selected COD content, and to generate a message for the UE requesting payload delivery information for the selected COD content based on the determination,

wherein the message further includes information that circumvents the blocking and directs the UE to request asset insertion,

wherein the request manager is further operable to process a response from the UE for the payload delivery information for the selected COD content, to extract a request for asset insertion from the response, to direct the ADS to select a first of the assets based on the ranking, and to direct the remote COD provider to insert the first asset with the selected COD content;

wherein the payload delivery information requests a type of filtering for the selected COD content;

the type of filtering is a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) filtering.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the type of filtering is a domain filtering.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the UE is selected from a group consisting essentially of a streaming media player, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.

4. A method operable in a Content On Demand (COD) environment, the method comprising:

receiving a request for COD content from a user'"'"'s equipment (UE) for delivery of the COD content to the UE;

evaluating a plurality of assets for insertion into the COD content;

ranking the assets;

determining that the UE is blocking a request for asset insertion into the COD content;

generating a message for the UE requesting payload delivery information for the COD content based on the determination,

wherein the message further includes information that circumvents the blocking and directs the UE to request asset insertion;

processing a response from the UE for the payload delivery information for the COD content;

extracting a request for asset insertion from the response;

directing the ADS to select a first of the assets based on the ranking; and

directing the remote COD provider to insert the first asset with the COD content;

including, in the payload delivery information, requests for a type of filtering for the COD content;

the type of filtering is a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) filtering.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the type of filtering is a domain filtering.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the UE is selected from a group consisting essentially of a streaming media player, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium operable in a Content On Demand (COD) environment, the computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to:

receive a request for COD content from a user'"'"'s equipment (UE) for delivery of the COD content to the UE;

evaluate a plurality of assets for insertion into the COD content;

rank the assets;

determine that the UE is blocking a request for asset insertion into the COD content;

generate a message for the UE requesting payload delivery information for the COD content based on the determination,

wherein the message further includes information that circumvents the blocking and directs the UE to request asset insertion;

process a response from the UE for the payload delivery information for the COD content;

extract a request for asset insertion from the response;

direct the ADS to select a first of the assets based on the ranking; and

direct the remote COD provider to insert the first asset with the COD content;

including, in the payload delivery information, requests for a type of filtering for the COD content;

the type of filtering is a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) filtering.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein:

the type of filtering is a domain filtering.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein:

the UE is selected from a group consisting essentially of a streaming media player, a smart phone, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.