EASY PLAY FROM A SPECIFIED POSITION IN TIME OF A BROADCAST OF A DATA STREAM

• US 20180167691A1
• Filed: 12/13/2016
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bandela, Sudheer, Asarikuniyil, Binny, Nguyen, Hai Kim, Truong, Heather Nga
• Application Number:
  US15/377,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20180167691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739

Abstract

Facilitating play from a specified position in time of a broadcast of a data stream is presented herein. A method can comprise displaying, via a display device, a seek option menu comprising a seek option that facilitates a location selection, via a remote device, of a defined location from a beginning of a data stream corresponding to a broadcast being received for display via the display device—in response to detecting, via the remote device, a seek request to seek to the defined location. Further, the method can comprise displaying, via the display device, content of the data stream starting from the defined location in response to receiving, via the remote device, the location selection of the defined location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to detecting, via a remote device, a seek request to seek to a defined location from a beginning of a data stream corresponding to a broadcast being received for display via a display device, displaying, by a system comprising a processor via the display device, a seek option menu comprising a location option that facilitates a location selection, via the remote device, of the defined location;

in response to receiving, via the remote device, the location selection, displaying, by the system via the display device, content of the data stream starting from the defined location; and

in response to receiving, via the remote device, a request to share at least a portion of the content of the data stream with an auxiliary device, and in response to determining, based on the request, that the auxiliary device has been registered with an account corresponding to the remote device, displaying, by the system, the portion of the content of the data stream via the auxiliary device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the seek request comprises:

detecting, via the remote device, a selection of a group of selections, the group of selections comprising a pause request to pause a reception of the broadcast, a stop request to halt a reception of the broadcast, a rewind request to rewind to a portion of the broadcast, a fast forward request to fast forward to a portion of the broadcast; and

displaying, via the display device, an option menu comprising identifiers representing respective selections of the group of selections and the seek request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the location selection comprises:

receiving a time selection representing a defined period of time from the beginning of the data stream.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the location selection comprises:

receiving a time selection representing a defined period of time from an end of the data stream.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the location selection comprises:

receiving a time selection representing a defined period of time, and wherein the displaying comprises displaying the content of the data stream from the defined location for the defined period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the location selection comprises:

receiving a content characteristic selection representing a characteristic of the content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the characteristic is from a group of characteristics, the group of characteristics comprising a defined actor corresponding to the content, a defined action of the defined actor, and a defined event corresponding to the content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the content comprises:

sourcing an alternative data stream of the content; and

displaying the alternative data stream from the defined location.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the display device, an option menu comprising a trailer option that facilitates a display of a trailer comprising portions of the content; and

in response to receiving, via the remote device, a trailer selection of the trailer option, displaying, via the display device, the trailer.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the display device, an option menu comprising an advertisement-free option that facilitates, based on a fee, an advertisement-free display of the content; and

in response to receiving, via the remote device, an advertisement-free selection of the advertisement-free option, displaying, via the display device, the content without advertisements.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the display device, an option menu comprising an advertisement option that facilitates, without application of a fee, a display of the content with advertisements; and

in response to receiving, via the remote device, an advertisement selection of the advertisement option, displaying, via the display device, the content with the advertisements.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device is a first display device, and the method further comprises:

displaying, via the display device, an option menu comprising a share option that facilitates a display, by a second display device, of at least a portion of the content.

13. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising;

displaying, via a first display of the system, first content of a data stream corresponding to a broadcast being received by the system;

in response to detecting a first request to display second content of the data stream at a defined time specified from a beginning of the data stream, displaying, via the first display, a selection menu for facilitating a first selection of the defined time;

in response to receiving the first selection of the defined time, displaying, via the first display, the second content of the data stream from the defined time; and

in response to detecting a second request to display at least a portion of the second content of the data stream in a second display of a device, and in response to determining that the device has been registered with an account corresponding to the system, displaying the portion of the second content of the data stream via the second display.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the receiving the first selection comprises:

receiving a second selection of a defined duration of time, and wherein the displaying the second content comprises displaying the second content of the data stream from the defined time for the defined duration of time.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to detecting a third request to display a preview of the data stream, displaying the preview.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to detecting a third request to display, for a fee, the second content without advertisements, displaying the second content without advertisements.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the displaying the portion of the second content of the data stream via the second display comprises displaying the portion of the second content of the data stream via the second display via an 802.XX wireless interface.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

displaying first content of a broadcast of a data stream corresponding to a data stream service;

in response to receiving first information representing a specified position in time from a beginning of the data stream, displaying second content of the broadcast from the specified position in time; and

based on a request to display at least a portion of the second content via a device that has been registered with an account corresponding to the data stream service, displaying the portion of the second content via the device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

obtaining the second content from a remote device.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the receiving the first information comprises:

receiving second information representing a specified period of time, and wherein the displaying the second content comprises displaying the second content from the specified position in time for the specified period of time.