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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. 15, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2022
Applicant:

Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Dale Seed, Allentown, PA (US);

Paul Dougherty, Springfield, PA (US);

Sanghoon Kim, Chadds Ford, PA (US);

Lu Liu, Conshohocken, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/47208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a viewing device includes receiving a request for an operation to be performed by the viewing device. The request includes trigger criteria for performing the operation. The viewing device receives content from a content provider including content related metadata. A detection is made of a condition that the trigger criteria for the operation to be performed has been met. As a result, the viewing device performs the requested operation. The detection made be accomplished by the viewing device or by a service provider.


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