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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas, Paris, FR;
William Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);
Alan Stein, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Apparatus, methods and systems associated with electronic devices can involve determining a plurality of available services providing content, wherein each service has an associated content format; determining an order of the plurality of available services, based on the content format of each service and a sequence of switching between the plurality of available services, to reduce a transition time when switching, based on the sequence, from a first one of the plurality of available services to a second one of the plurality of services different from the first one; generating, based on the order, a list of the plurality of available services representing a program guide, wherein the first and second services are adjacent in the program guide; and enabling, based on the program guide, switching from the first service to the second service.