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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Echostar Uk Holdings Limited, Keighley, GB;
Inventor:
Zahid Hussain, Halifax, GB;
Assignee:
EchoStar UK Holdings Limited, Steeton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A service configured to or for reminding a television viewer what or which particular programming they were watching prior to surfing other programming when a commercial break occurs during the particular programming. An option may be made available to the television viewer prior to the end of the commercial break that allows the television viewer to return to watching the particular programming, so that the television viewer does not unintentionally miss any content associated with the particular programming.