ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,050, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Multiple playback local ad rotation" was invented by David Mays (Palmyra, N.J.) and Jason Press (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include storing, in a local storage of a device, a plurality of advertisements; and outputting for display first content comprising a first portion of a first set of advertisements associated with a first campaign period. The disclosed methods and system may also include, in response to an expiration of the first campaign period, outputting for di...