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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Arpi Mardirossian, Pasadena, CA (US);
Vladislav Kolegayev, Los Angeles, CA (US);
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to prevent bypass of advertisement viewing. A media content user interface component (that controls playback of the media content and an advertisement in a media player) is activated. The component includes a circular progress bar and a progress marker that coincides with the circular progress bar. As the media content is playing, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar reflecting a progress of the playing. At a defined point in the media content, an advertisement is played. User input advances the progress marker along the circular progress bar to fast forward the media content. Upon an attempt to advance the progress marker a defined threshold distance beyond the advertisement, the progress marker is snapped back to the advertisement thereby preventing bypass of viewing the advertisement.