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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Inventors:
Yeqing Wang, Ambler, PA (US);
Yaxi Zhang, Wayne, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A client device, which can be a set-top box or a gateway device, can be operative to continue processing content (e.g., a television program) in its pipeline, while it is requesting a different content (e.g., tuning or obtaining a targeted ad). Instead of seeing a blank screen or a muted still-shot, the user in some circumstances would be able to continue to see a segment of the processed content information.