METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A TRANSITION BETWEEN LINEAR CONTENT AND NON-LINEAR CONTENT

• US 20080239169A1
• Filed: 03/30/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Moon, Hannah Y., Morley, D. Beau
• Granted Patent: US 9,237,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4333 Processing operations in response to a pause request
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A method and system may include sending a non-linear content signal to cause display of non-linear content at a display device, identifying a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content, and sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field. The system and method may further include receiving a selection request selecting one of the current location field and the previous location field.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending a non-linear content signal to cause display of non-linear content at a display device;

identifying a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content;

sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field; and

receiving a selection request selecting one of the current location field and the previous location field.

2. The method of claim 1, where in the event that the selection request selects the current location field, further comprising sending a linear content signal to cause display of broadcast linear content.

3. The method of claim 1, where in the event that the selection request selects the previous location field, further comprising

retrieving a time stamp associated with stored linear content;

and

sending a stored linear content signal to cause display of the stored linear content associated with the time stamp.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a linear content signal to cause display of linear content at the display device, the linear content being associated with the non-linear content

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing the linear content before causing display of the non-linear content.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising creating a time stamp associated with the storing of the linear content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination identifier is associated with an end of the non-linear content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination identifier is associated with a termination request.

9. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 1.

10. A method comprising:

sending a linear content signal to cause display of linear content at a display device, the linear content being associated with non-linear content;

receiving a graphical user interface display request that requests display of a non-linear content identifier field associated with the non-linear content;

receiving a selection request selecting the non-linear content identifier field; and

determining whether a client device includes recording capabilities.

11. The method of claim 10, where in the event that the client device does include recording capabilities, further comprising:

creating a time stamp associated with the selection request;

sending a non-linear content signal to cause display of the non-linear content associated with the non-linear content identifier field;

identifying a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content; and

sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field.

12. The method of claim 10, where in the event that the client device does include recording capabilities, further comprising storing the linear content upon receiving the selection request.

13. The method of claim 10, where in the event that the client device does not include recording capabilities, further comprising:

sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a retrieve field and a store field.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein selection of the retrieve field further comprises sending a non-linear content signal to cause display of the non-linear content associated with the non-linear content identifier.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein selection of the store field further comprises storing a non-linear content identifier associated with the non-linear content field.

16. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 10.

17. A method comprising:

sending a linear content signal to cause display of linear content at a display device, the linear content being associated with non-linear content;

sending a graphical user interface signal to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a retrieve field and a store field; and

receiving a selection request selecting either the retrieve field or the store field, wherein selection of the retrieve field causes display of the non-linear content and wherein selection of the store field stores a non-linear content identifier associated with the non-linear content.

18. The method of claim 17, where in the event that the selection signal selects the retrieve field, further comprising:

identifying a termination identifier associated with the non-linear content; and

sending a linear content signal to cause display of the linear content.

19. The method of claim 17, where in the event that the selection signal selects the store field, further comprising:

updating the graphical user interface signal to display the non-linear content identifier field in the graphical user interface; and

retrieving the non-linear content associated with the non-linear content identifier field.

20. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 17.

21. A system comprising:

a video module to cause display of non-linear content at a display device and to identify a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content;

a graphical user interface module communicatively coupled to the video module, the graphical user interface module to instruct the video module to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field, and to process a selection request selecting one of the current location field and the previous location field.

22. A system comprising:

a display device; and

a client device to cause the display of non-linear content at the display device, to identify a termination identifier associated with display of the non-linear content, to cause display of a graphical user interface that includes a current location field and a previous location field, and to process a selection request selecting one of the current location field and the previous location field.