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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
Applicant:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Inventors:
William J. Garrison, Warminster, PA (US);
Albert F. Elcock, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); H04N 21/42209 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for enhancing a user's viewing experience include providing new opportunities for viewing information or manipulating data during the viewing experience. The user may take an action that has an intended purpose of changing a mode of play of content displayed at the client device. An event prompted by the user action, such as a pause or rewind of the displayed content, may be an event that triggers at least one extended option associated with the displayed content.