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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Max Stephen Gratton, Parker, CO (US);

Mark Templeman, Parker, CO (US);

Danny Jean Minnick, Castle Rock, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 21/218 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/21815 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for responding to inoperative commands on a server device. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology facilitates pausing of content being played on a device without creating a bookmark of the location in the content at which the content was paused. In response to receiving the request to pause the content from playing, the server device generates a pause instruction to pause the content from playing. Upon expiry of a timeout interval, the server device automatically transforms the pause instruction into a stop instruction, which when executed causes stopping the content from playing. In some embodiments, the server device detects an user interaction event, prior to expiry of the timeout interval. Non-limiting examples of the user interaction may be shutting down the server device, switching from the content to a live broadcast program, switching from the content to another content, or exiting from the content.


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