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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:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dongeek Shin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining a time point to skip to within a media item using user interaction events includes providing a media item to a user identifying one or more user interaction events each associated with the user skipping to a particular time point during current playback of the media item, determining a next time point intended by the user to skip to during the current playback of the media item, and causing playback of the media item to be skipped to the determined next time point.