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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Sling Media Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, IN;
Inventor:
Venkatesan Thiyagarajan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Assignee:
SLING MEDIA PVT LTD, Bangalore, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4423 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4433 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for providing remote control of separate media sources over a network using, for example, pop-up windows graphically depicting remote control devices within corresponding tabbed windows of a web browser. A browser plug-in or add-on application provides a graphical depiction of a remote control device associated with each media source and receives a command from the viewer via interaction with the graphical depiction of the remote control device.