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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. 23, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Casey Paiz, Englewood, CO (US);
Inventor:
Casey Paiz, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of an interactive program and access trigger system receives a signal having a program, an interactive program, and an access trigger therein; presents the program and the access trigger on a presentation device; receives selection of the access trigger; loads the interactive program in response to selection of the access trigger; continues presentation of the program during the loading of the interactive program; and changes from presentation of the program to presentation of the interactive program in response to completion of the loading of the interactive program.