Indication of trickplay availability via remote control device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a remote control device associated with a multimedia receiver, a controllability indicator indicating an availability of a trickplay feature for a multimedia stream, wherein the controllability indicator is determined from a characterization of the multimedia stream indicating the multimedia stream supports the trickplay feature; and
presenting a trickplay indicator for output at the remote control device based on the controllability indicator.
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Abstract
A user is able to select a multimedia stream from a plurality of multimedia streams available at a multimedia receiver. The availability of one or more trickplay features for the selected multimedia stream is determined in response to the selection of the multimedia stream. A visual indicator, an audible indicator, or both are selectively provided for display/output based on the determined availability status of the corresponding trickplay feature. The selective provision of a trickplay indicator can include providing a first trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available and providing a second, different trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable. Alternately, the selective provision of a trickplay indicator includes providing the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable and omitting provision of the trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available, or vice versa.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a remote control device associated with a multimedia receiver, a controllability indicator indicating an availability of a trickplay feature for a multimedia stream, wherein the controllability indicator is determined from a characterization of the multimedia stream indicating the multimedia stream supports the trickplay feature; and presenting a trickplay indicator for output at the remote control device based on the controllability indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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detecting, at a multimedia receiver, an aspect of a multimedia stream that characterizes whether the multimedia stream supports a trickplay feature; determining, at a multimedia receiver, according to the detected aspect an availability of the trickplay feature for the multimedia stream; and transmitting a controllability indicator from the multimedia receiver to a remote control device based on the availability of the trickplay feature, the controllability indicator indicating the availability of the trickplay feature for the multimedia stream. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a remote control device associated with a multimedia receiver, a controllability indicator indicating an availability of a trickplay feature for a multimedia stream, wherein the controllability indicator is generated by the multimedia receiver from a characterization of the multimedia stream indicating the multimedia stream supports the trickplay feature; in response to receiving the controllability indicator at the remote control device, presenting a trickplay indicator for output at the remote control device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A remote control device configured to interface with a multimedia receiver, the remote control device comprising;
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a wireless interface configured to receive a controllability indicator representative of an availability of a trickplay feature for a multimedia stream, wherein the controllability indicator is generated by the multimedia receiver from a characterization of the multimedia stream indicating the multimedia stream supports the trickplay feature; and a presentation interface configured to output a trickplay indicator based on the controllability indicator. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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