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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Echostar Uk Holdings Limited, Keighley, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Stephens, North Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Echostar UK Holdings Limited, Keighley, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2013.01); H04N 5/44582 (2013.01); H04N 21/2353 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/44004 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4424 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various arrangements are presented for handling broadcast television commercials. A television receiver may receive, from a television service provider, metadata that indicates a commencement of a television commercial break and an expected duration. Based on the metadata, the television receiver may initiate a countdown timer such that the countdown timer is based on the expected duration of the television commercial break and counts down.