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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:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Hye Hoon Yi, Escondido, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hye Hoon Yi, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/44591 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01);
Abstract
An Internet TV video guide shows thumbnails of video assets available from one or more providers, and one or more of the assets may represent a playlist with two or more associated video clips. When a viewer selects a playlist asset, the thumbnail is expanded to show the individual clips so that a viewer can select a desired clip for play on the TV.