IP Library Granted Patent US 11,763,346
Granted Patent B2
US 11,763,346 · App. 17/349,552 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Managing advertising content

Inventor: Krishna Prasad Panje (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
G06Q30/0257G06F16/41G06F16/44H04L65/60
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,763,346
App. No.
17/349,552
Filed
Jun 16, 2021
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3681
USPC
705/14.1
Abstract

Methods and systems of managing advertising content are shown and disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes outputting first multimedia content from a first channel, and outputting TAD content from a TAD channel instead of the first multimedia content during a TAD window of the first multimedia content. The method additionally includes receiving a first user input requesting multimedia content of a content channel different from the TAD channel during the TAD window, and outputting the multimedia content of the content channel instead of the TAD content in response to the first user input.

Claims (21)

1. A method of managing targeted advertising (TAD) content, comprising:

tuning to a first channel having first multimedia content;

outputting the first multimedia content from the first channel;

tuning to a TAD channel having TAD content, wherein tuning to the first channel is maintained while tuned to the TAD channel;

outputting the TAD content instead of the first multimedia content during a TAD window of the first multimedia content; and

outputting the first multimedia content instead of the TAD content during the TAD window;

receiving a first user input requesting the first multimedia content of the first channel during the TAD window, wherein outputting the TAD content instead of the first multimedia content during a TAD window of the first multimedia content includes outputting the TAD content instead of the first multimedia content during a TAD window of the first multimedia content in response to the first user input;

receiving a second user input for the TAD content during the TAD window subsequent to outputting the first multimedia content instead of the TAD content during the TAD window; and

outputting the TAD content instead of the first multimedia content during the TAD window in response to the second user input.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the first multimedia content from the first channel during the TAD window.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein outputting the first multimedia content instead of the TAD content during the TAD window includes outputting the stored first multimedia content in response to the first request.

4. A method of managing targeted advertising (TAD) content, comprising:

tuning to a first channel having first multimedia content;

tuning to a TAD channel having TAD content;

recording the first multimedia content and the TAD content;

outputting the recorded first multimedia content;

outputting the recorded TAD content instead of the recorded first multimedia content during the TAD window of the recorded first multimedia content; and

outputting the recorded first multimedia content instead of the recorded TAD content during the TAD window;

receiving a first user input requesting the recorded first multimedia content during the TAD window, wherein outputting the recorded first multimedia content instead of the recorded TAD content during the TAD window includes outputting the recorded first multimedia content instead of the recorded TAD content during the TAD window in response to the first user input;

receiving a second user input requesting the recorded TAD content during the TAD window subsequent to outputting the recorded first multimedia content instead of the recorded TAD content during the TAD window; and

outputting the recorded TAD content instead of the recorded first multimedia content during the TAD window in response to the second user input.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2026
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075476/0814 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 058843/0712 Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC (F/K/A COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA); COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 074591/0389 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 058875/0449 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069743/0057 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058875/0449 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058843/0712 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: PANJE, KRISHNA PRASAD
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Reel/Frame 057659/0279 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63072398 · Aug 31, 2020
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