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Patent No.:

US 8973040 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2013

Control tools for media content access systems and methods

Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Brian Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);

Heath Stallings, Colleyville, TX (US);

Don Relyea, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Benjamin R Bruckart

Assistant Examiner:

Carmine Malangone

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 21/440263 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); H04N 21/4858 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a media content processing subsystem including an output driver configured to provide at least a component of a media content instance to a display for presentation to a user, and a receiver configured to receive an input command initiated by the user during the presentation of the component of the media content instance. The media content processing subsystem is further configured to select a control pane from a group of control panes based on the input command, each of the control panes including a different set of control tools, and provide, in response to the input command, the control pane to the display for concurrent presentation of both the component of the media content instance and the control pane to the user.

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