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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2008
Joseph J. Seidel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nadav M. Neufeld, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pradhan S. Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph J. Seidel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nadav M. Neufeld, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pradhan S. Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to display advertisements on a remote control device are described. In an implementation, a remote control device includes a display device and one or more modules. The one or more modules are configured to initiate one or more control functions related to control of an output of content by a client. The one or more modules are also configured to detect manual interaction and initiate a first mode to display an advertisement on the display device when the manual interaction has not been detected. A second mode is initiated by the one or more modules to display one or more representations of the one or more control functions when the manual interaction is detected.