Indication of trickplay availability for selected multimedia stream
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a multimedia receiver, a multimedia content stream;
performing an analysis, at the multimedia receiver, of the multimedia content stream to determine whether or not a trickplay feature can be used with the multimedia content stream;
presenting, at a display device or a control device, a first graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is available and a second graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is not available prior to receiving a user request to activate the trickplay feature, wherein the presentation is made based on the analysis of the received multimedia content stream; and
when the trickplay feature cannot be used with the multimedia content stream, presenting, at the display device or the control device, an option to select an identical multimedia content stream from another source where the trickplay feature is available for the identical multimedia content stream,wherein the analysis is based on criteria selected from a group consisting of a source of the multimedia content stream, an encoding format of the multimedia content stream, a transmission of the multimedia content stream, a buffered portion of the multimedia content stream, metadata associated with the multimedia content stream and combinations thereof.
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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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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a multimedia receiver, a multimedia content stream; performing an analysis, at the multimedia receiver, of the multimedia content stream to determine whether or not a trickplay feature can be used with the multimedia content stream; presenting, at a display device or a control device, a first graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is available and a second graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is not available prior to receiving a user request to activate the trickplay feature, wherein the presentation is made based on the analysis of the received multimedia content stream; and when the trickplay feature cannot be used with the multimedia content stream, presenting, at the display device or the control device, an option to select an identical multimedia content stream from another source where the trickplay feature is available for the identical multimedia content stream, wherein the analysis is based on criteria selected from a group consisting of a source of the multimedia content stream, an encoding format of the multimedia content stream, a transmission of the multimedia content stream, a buffered portion of the multimedia content stream, metadata associated with the multimedia content stream and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multimedia receiver comprising:
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a memory to store instructions; and a controller coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the controller performs operations comprising; receiving a multimedia content stream; performing an analysis of the multimedia content stream to determine whether or not a trickplay feature can be used with the multimedia content stream; presenting, at a display device or a control device, a first graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is available and a second graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is not available prior to receiving a user request to activate the trickplay feature, wherein the presentation is made based on the analysis of the received multimedia content stream; and when the trickplay feature cannot be used with the multimedia content stream, presenting, at the display device or the control device, an option to select an identical multimedia content stream from another source where the trickplay feature is available for the identical multimedia content stream, wherein the analysis is based on at least one of a source of the multimedia content stream, an encoding format of the multimedia content stream, transmission of the multimedia content stream, a buffered portion of the multimedia content stream or metadata associated with the multimedia content stream, and wherein the trickplay feature comprises a fast reverse feature, a fast forward feature, or a skip feature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage device, comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor of a multimedia receiver, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at the multimedia receiver, a multimedia content stream; performing an analysis, at the multimedia receiver, of the multimedia content stream to determine whether or not a trickplay feature can be used with the multimedia content stream; presenting, at a display device or a control device, a first graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is available and a second graphical indicator to indicate that the trickplay feature is not available prior to receiving a user request to activate the trickplay feature, wherein the presentation is made based on the analysis of the received multimedia content stream; and when the trickplay feature cannot be used with the multimedia content stream, presenting, at the display device or the control device, an option to select an identical multimedia content stream from another source where the trickplay feature is available for the identical multimedia content stream, wherein the analysis is based on a source of the multimedia content stream, an encoding format of the multimedia content stream, transmission of the multimedia content stream, a buffered portion of the multimedia content stream or metadata associated with the multimedia content stream. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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