One aspect of this disclosure relates to a computer-implemented methods computers and messages for displaying a form associated with a video. The method comprises a number of steps. One step comprises transmitting at least one request message to a server system. The at least one request message comprises a video identifier and a form identifier. The video identifier indicates video information required for playing said video and the form identifier indicates form information required for displaying a form, e.g. an HTML form, associated with the video. Furthermore, the form information comprises a time indication defining a time in the video. Another step of the method comprises receiving at least one response message from the server system. The at least one response message comprises the video information and the form information. The method further comprises displaying the video using the video information. As one step, the method comprises, preferably while displaying the video, determining that the video reaches the time defined by said time indication. In response to this determination, the method comprises displaying the form.

In one embodiment, a method selects a first asset in a first ordering of assets and simulates a playout of the first asset based on bandwidth values at a set of times. The playout takes a time period to playout based on the set of bandwidth values. A new ordering of the assets is received based on the simulated playout of the first asset and the time period. The method continues to select a new asset in the new ordering of the assets, simulate the playout of the new asset, and receive a new ordering of the assets until a schedule of asset delivery is generated. Then, the schedule of asset delivery is output where the schedule of asset delivery is used by a receiver to determine when to power up to receive a scheduled delivery of an asset and power down when no asset is scheduled for delivery.

A scheduling request related to a target advertisement that is to be scheduled are received. It is determined, based on: program scheduling data including respective attribute information related to a plurality of programs in which an advertisement is to be broadcast in an advertisement broadcast time that is set in a program broadcast time; and the scheduling request, whether to broadcast the target advertisement in an advertisement broadcast time set in the broadcast time of any program of the plurality of programs.

A device may receive a manifest that identifies a plurality of content fragments associated with a content asset. The device may receive or access instructions for inserting secondary content into a location of the content asset that does not align with the boundaries between the content fragments. Based on the received instructions, the playback device may generate updated manifest information that identifies a first modified content fragment and a second modified content fragment. The location for inserting the secondary content in the updated manifest information may align with a new boundary of the first modified content fragment or the second modified content fragment. The device may share the updated manifest information, and may receive a modified manifest file, or content asset, comprising the modified content fragments.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems and computer program products for transfer of video signals at a destination with reduced turnaround time. According to one embodiment, a method includes performing transfer of a series of video chunks of a video signal, each video chunk of the series of video chunks comprising a sequence of video frames, wherein for each video chunk, one or more processors perform a processing cycle comprising: receiving the sequence of video frames from a source; processing the received sequence of video frames to generate a processed sequence of video frames, wherein receiving of a consecutive video chunk of the series of video chunks comprising a consecutive sequence of video frames is initiated simultaneously while initiating said processing of the received sequence of video frames; and transmitting the processed sequence of video frames for consumption at a destination.

A video stream transmission control method includes that: in response to detecting that a receiving time interval of two adjacent received video frames in multiple received video frames is less than an interval threshold, theoretical receiving time of a next video frame sent by a video stream sending device corresponding to the each received video frame is determined; multiple theoretical receiving times corresponding to the multiple video stream sending devices are sorted, and expected receiving time of a next video frame sent by each video stream sending device of the multiple video stream sending devices is determined according to a sorting result and interval adjustment time; and the video frame sending time interval of the each video stream sending device is adjusted according to the expected receiving time and the theoretical receiving time corresponding to the each video stream sending device.

A networked computerized advertising system used for integrating, processing and displaying location-based advertising information is provided. The system comprises at least one computing device, and a network that connects the computing device with multiple playback endpoints. The computing device includes a data storage subsystem component that stores information about the multiple end points, a data entry subsystem component that allows input of the information about the multiple end points, and a data analytics component programmed to process the information about the multiple end points and compute optimal advertising playback plans for each endpoint. Playbacks at endpoints are continuously monitored, and the playback plans are repeatedly reconstructed to provide flexible advertising campaigns to be customized in accordance with the schedule and the operations of the host business.

A method for determining location of a premises is disclosed. The method includes measuring a signal strength of a plurality of communication signals received at the premises, obtaining data associated with a source of the signals, estimating a propagation loss for the received signal, determining a distance between a source of each of the signals and the premises based on the estimated propagation loss, and triangulating the location of the premises.

A system is provided for publishing first programming schedule that references at least one or more pre-encoded media assets and/or one or more live input streams, and comprises one or more playout buffer features enabled via one or more constraints and rights. Each playout buffer feature of the one or more playout buffer features is associated with corresponding number of media segments that represents the one or more pre-encoded media assets and/or one or more live input streams. A request is received that comprises at least a stream identifier and at least an additional parameter. In accordance with a playout buffer feature from the one or more playout buffer features and at least the additional parameter, manifest data and indexed metadata of one or more media segments associated with stream identifier is inserted to first disparate live media output stream manifest and first disparate live media output stream is generated.

A system and method operable to facilitate preparing of an advertising project are disclosed herein. The method, in an embodiment, includes a plurality of steps related to preparing an advertising project before any ads are published based on the advertising project. The steps include processing rule data associated with at least one rule; processing goal data associated with at least one goal factor; determining a plurality of ad spot sets depending at least partially on the at least one rule; determining which ones of the eligible ad spot sets either reaches the at least one goal factor or reaches a designated proximity to the at least one goal factor, resulting in a plurality of spot set candidates; and processing heuristic logic that includes at least one control setting and a plurality of optimization steps. The method also includes identifying at least one of the modified sets that results from the optimization steps. The advertising project is deployable as a launched advertising project in which the at least one identified modified set is publishable within different markets of a territory. The markets can include geographic areas, such as city areas, within a territory, such as any country.