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System and method for switching between media streams for non-adjacent channels while providing a seamless user experience

  • US 9,635,416 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2015
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • at a client device with one or more processors, memory, and a display;

    displaying a first video stream on the display, wherein the first video stream corresponds to a first channel in a sequence of channels,while displaying the first video stream and prior to receiving a request to display a second video stream corresponding to a second channel in the sequence of channels, wherein the second channel is separated from the first channel in the sequence of channels by one or more intervening channels, preloading video content of at least one of the one or more intervening channels from a remote content source;

    receiving the request to display the second video stream; and

    in response to receiving the request to display the second video stream, transitioning from displaying the first video stream to displaying the second video stream on the display, the transitioning comprising;

    displaying at least a portion of the first video stream on the display concurrently with at least a portion of the preloaded video content of the at least one of the one or more intervening channels; and

    displaying at least a portion of the preloaded video content of the at least one of the one or more intervening channels concurrently with at least a portion of the second video stream.

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