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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Hough, San Diego, CA (US);

Jonathan K. Kies, Encinitas, CA (US);

Scott Beith, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4415 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4415 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided. A content providing device is operable to use engagement level information to modify presentation of content. In one aspect, the content providing device may determine that an engagement level at a first time is less than an engagement threshold at the first time. The engagement level may be based at least on one or more contextual items associated with presentation of content by the content providing device. Further, the content providing device may store a marker associated with the content at the first time in storage. Moreover, the content providing device may determine whether the engagement level at a second time is greater than or equal to the engagement threshold.


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