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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:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Joseph Kiok, Arcadia, CA (US);

Kevin Christopher Flanagan, Centennial, CO (US);

Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US);

Richard Joseph Fliam, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

Sam Schwartz, Penn Valley, PA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Kiok, Arcadia, CA (US);

Kevin Christopher Flanagan, Centennial, CO (US);

Gregory Allen Broome, Broomfield, CO (US);

Richard Joseph Fliam, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

Sam Schwartz, Penn Valley, PA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2362 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/2362 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed methods and system may gain access to a plurality of content streams, and periodically capture still images from each stream. The captured stills may be stored in a predetermined location, and the location may be made available to various clients. By discovering the locations, application clients can issue requests to receive the latest image for a current stream, and use that image to improve a user interface or enhance a user experience in consuming the content.


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