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Patent No.:

US 10827224 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2018

Modifying playback of replacement content responsive to detection of remote control signals that control a device providing video to the playback device

Applicant:

Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kurt R. Thielen, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Shashank Merchant, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Peter Dunker, Weimar, DE;

Markus K. Cremer, Orinda, CA (US);

Chungwon Seo, Seoul, KR;

Seunghyeong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Steven D. Scherf, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorney:

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Primary Examiner:

Girumsew Wendmagegn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 9/8715 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) providing, by a playback device, replacement media content for display; (ii) determining, by the playback device that while the playback device is displaying the replacement media content a remote control transmitted an instruction to a media device that provides media content to the playback device; (iii) determining, by the playback device, a playback-modification action corresponding to the instruction and the media device; and (iv) modifying, by the playback device, playback of the replacement media content in accordance with the playback-modification action.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thielen, Kurt. (2020). Modifying playback of replacement content responsive to detection of remote control signals that control a device providing video to the playback device (U.S. Patent No. 10827224). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10827224

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