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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Fox Broadcasting Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Harry Ziskind, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Steven Arthur Thorpe, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for presenting a program guide in response to a user request to stream a broadcast subject to a blackout is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system receives a media program request, and if the requested media program is blacked out, provides information from the requesting to device to present a program guide or other information available to the user in lieu of the unavailable streamed media program.