BACKGROUND 0001 Advertisements on the Internet, such as, through use of selectable
links on web pages, have increased dramatically with the advancement of the Internet. In …

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer pro gram products, for characterizing
content for content target ing. A first content item is received. One or more content …

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0005 According to embodiments of the present inven tion,
there are provided Systems and methods applicable, for example, in allowing a user to …

Exemplary content hosting and advertising systems and methods are described herein. In
some examples, a content host Subsystem is configured to host media and advertising …

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer pro grams encoded on a computer-
readable storage medium, including a method for charging advertisers for advertise ments …

US20030126597A1 - On-screen stripe and other methods for delivering information that facilitate
convergence of audio/visual programming and advertisements with internet and other media …

Technologies for adaptively embedding advertising content into media content include a
media content server for identifying a candidate content object within the media content to …

Content screening operations are facilitated in devices that receive a content that is subject
to screening obligations. When such a content is received at a device, a watermark …

(57) Advertisements included in a stored digital video program are identified and indexed. A
user can time shift the advertise ments to play out at a different time position in the program …

BACKGROUND 0001. With the advent of digital video recorders, viewers are able to record
programs (eg, television broadcasts) for Subsequent viewing. Viewers can, and often do …