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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:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Sling Media L.l.c., Foster City, CA (US);

Inventor:

Erik Holley, Eagle Mountain, UT (US);

Assignee:

Sling Media L.L.C., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of video content in a video streaming system. Specifically, the various embodiments provide an improved user interface for a video streaming system. In general, this user interface displays indications of program content of past time slots along with current and future time slots in a way that give the user an intuitive understanding of the percentage of remaining time in the current program. Thus, a user can immediately ascertain the percentage of the current program that has already been streamed relative to the percentage of the current program remaining. This information allows a user to more quickly decide if they would like to start viewing a program that has already been streaming for some period of time.


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