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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alejandro Jose Kauffmann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hendrik Dahlkamp, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/6408 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04N 21/6408 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are systems and methods for simulating a traditional television experience with streamed on-demand content. Streamed content may be buffered to allow a user to preview content even when the content is not organized in a traditional numbered channel format. A user may progress through a series of content items (e.g. simulated channel up/down) in order to preview the on-demand content without having to unduly wait for each content item to load and/or buffer.