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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Echostar Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Inventors:
Christofer Hardy, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Thomas Allan Yarborough, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Assignee:
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/26613 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4854 (2013.01); H04W 76/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A media transfer method includes displaying, on a display device, a program guide including a plurality of items corresponding to media content; determining which of the plurality items are moveable items; displaying, on an integrated virtual environment device, an image identifying the moveable items; and transferring at least one of the moveable items to the integrated virtual environment device in response to a selection made via the integrated virtual environment device.