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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:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Christopher Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
MobiTV, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to linearly or non-linearly discover and navigate media content including live events. A smart timeline includes panels of event information, previews, images, etc. Moving ahead allows discovery of future live media content and events and uncovers mechanisms for setting notifications and reminders. Moving back in time allows discovery of past events and mechanisms for replaying past video and audio content. Event navigation mechanisms can be integrated with calendaring applications to post and select events discovered using event navigation mechanisms.