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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:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Thomas Ward, Encino, CA (US);

Arevik Chimayan, Valley Village, CA (US);

Walter R. Klappert, North Hollywood, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/814 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for transmitting an interruption-free version of a television program for recording on a user equipment device. In one aspect, a system transmits a first stream including a television program to a user equipment device. The system receives an indication that the television program is being recorded on the user equipment device. The system determines whether an interruption is imminent during transmission of the television program. In response to determining that the interruption is imminent, the system generates a second stream including the television program. The second stream does not include the interruption during the transmission of the television program. The system transmits the second stream to the user equipment device along with an instruction to switch recording of the television program from the first stream to the second stream.


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