ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,453, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sling TV LLC (Englewood, Colo.).
"Automated replacement of stored digital content" was invented by R. Drew Major (Orem, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and automated process allow automatic replacement of advertisements or other content in previously-broadcast television programs. A content management system or the like operating on a digital network receives indicia from playback devices that have encountered identified advertisements that are stored in digital video recorders or that are otherwise contained within previously-broadcast television programs. The encounters ar...