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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Flextronics Ap, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mikhail Shoykher, Thornhill, CA;
Assignee:
Flextronics AP, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thumbnail management system is provided for an intelligent TV. Thumbnails may accumulate over time and require removal from a data storage device. Thumbnails may expire based, in part, on the type of media they represent, such as broadcast programs, movies, pay-per-view, games, and user content, such as music and images. Thumbnails may also be removed upon removal of the referencing media file.