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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Rovi Product Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Wayne Chamberlin, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Product Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); H04N 21/2401 (2013.01); H04N 21/4384 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for adaptively buffering content of a media asset from a media source when a different media asset from a different media source is being played at user equipment. The media guidance application may predict when and which channel or other media source the user is likely to switch to and then buffer content from the predicted channel or other media source accordingly. The pre-tuning buffering may enhance the user experience by reduce tuning latency when the user switches channels.