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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventors:
John Kirk Harvey, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Ross Gilson, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates generally to buffering and presenting content. Multiple pause buffers may be created and maintained so that users can jump within the content of a channel. If buffered content is not available, the user may be offered similar content that is available as on-demand content, or as other recorded content, for example, stored on a digital video recorder. If a commercial is playing when the new channel is selected, a buffered portion corresponding to an earlier portion of the content may be presented instead of the commercial.