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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Jeffery Truong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Egloff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Tozer, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Keith Okabe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hugh Hitchens, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Rabih Filfili, Milpitas, CA (US);
Aparna Varanasi, San Jose, CA (US);
Swapnesh Chaubal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A server for network media program restart receives a request from a client device to restart a media program that is configured as being enabled for network media program restart subject to a set of one or more restrictions. Responsive to determining that a currently airing restriction is configured that allows the media program to be played by the client device only when that media program is currently airing in a locale of the client device and will become unavailable for viewing after a predefined amount of time has elapsed after the currently airing media program ends, the server transmits the media program to the client device for playback only responsive to a determination that at the time of the request the media program is currently airing in the locale of the client device and only when the predefined amount of time has not elapsed.