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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Neale Hall, Keighley, GB;
Neale Hall, Keighley, GB;
DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Information may be provided via a display panel of a television receiving device by determining satisfaction of at least one condition while at least one television program is selected, and displaying information other than the information regarding the selected at least one television program via the display panel of the television receiving device when satisfaction of the at least one condition is determined. Determining satisfaction of the condition may involve: determining an elapse of a predetermined period of time without user input after the information regarding the selected at least one television program is initially displayed; determining an elapse of a predetermined period of time without a change of the selected at least one television program after the information regarding the selected at least one television program is initially displayed; determining a standby state of the television receiving device; or determining an off state of the television receiving device.