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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Opentv, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amarendra N. Gogoi, Fremont, CA (US);
Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Ravikant Swami, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2365 (2011.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23655 (2013.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for optimizing a content change process are provided. In example embodiments, a digital receiver causes playback of a first piece of content. The digital receiver receives a selection of a new piece of content for playback during the playback of the first piece of content. In response to the receiving of the selection, the digital receiver maintains a bitrate used for playback of the first piece of content to initiate playback of the new piece of content.