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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:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Sling Tv L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Seth VanSickel, Englewood, CO (US);

Zachary Orner, Englewood, CO (US);

Assignee:

Sling TV L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/44245 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for displaying a program source indicator. A program may be selected within an electronic program guide. Metadata associated with the program may be received, wherein the metadata comprises a source identifier. A source identifier may be an Internet-streaming service, a broadband TV service, a satellite TV service, and/or a digital video recorder database. Based on the source identifier, a source indicator may be retrieved. A program source indicator may be a superimposed image, icon, or other visual indicator. The source indicator may then be temporarily overlaid on the program content within the electronic programming guide.


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