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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Visible World, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Seth Haberman, New York, NY (US);
Gerrit Niemeijer, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Richard L. Booth, Bensalem, PA (US);
Alex Jansen, New York, NY (US);
Michael-Dennis Biemans, New York, NY (US);
Visible World, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for masking/reducing the switch time from an analog or digital television channel to another digital television channel and back. Various optimizations which may be used individually or in combination to minimize the potential disruption to the viewer. This optimization is especially important when the channel switch is made automatically by the receiver, such as the case where the presentation of one television program is temporarily continued on another channel.