Adaptive intervals in navigating content and/or media

• US 10,331,512 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Oetzel, Kenneth G., Lamkin, Allan B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mejia, Feliciano S
• Application Number:
  US15/159,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20160259681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 386343, 386347, 386349-351, 709231, 715704, 715716, 715720-721, 715738, 715851, 37524027
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/076 by exceeding a count or rate limit, e.g. word- or bit count limit
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42216 for quick navigation, e.g. through an EPG
• 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 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection

Abstract

The present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use in navigating through content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in navigating through content that receive an initial first directional control command, activate a seek mode upon receipt of the initial first directional control command comprising advancing over a first amount of content in a first direction from a first point in the content to a second point in the content, receive an initial second directional control command following the receipt of the initial first directional command, and activate a search mode upon receipt of the initial second directional control command, comprising advancing back over a second amount of the first amount of the content where the second amount is less than the first amount of the content.

Claims

1. A method for use in navigating through content, comprising:

receiving a first navigation command to advance through an amount of content;

determining whether the amount is below a threshold;

based on determining that the amount is below the threshold, determining that an error condition exists;

searching a data structure including error correction sequences to determine whether a first error correction sequence associated with the error condition is included in the data structure;

in response to determining that the first error correction sequence is included in the data structure;

retrieving the first error correction sequence; and

implementing the first error correction sequence; and

in response to determining that the first error correction sequence is not included in the data structure;

tracking a plurality of commands immediately following the first navigation command; and

defining a second error correction sequence comprising at least a command immediately following the first navigation command of the plurality of commands immediately following the first navigation command.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the defining the second error correction sequence comprises:

determining whether the error condition was previously detected an error count threshold number of times; and

implementing the defining the second error correction sequence when the error condition was previously detected the error count threshold number of times.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the defining the second error correction sequence comprises:

determining whether the command immediately following the first navigation command of the plurality of commands was previously detected a correction count threshold number of times following previous detections of the error conditions; and

implementing the defining the second error correction sequence when the command immediately following the first navigation command was previously detected the correction count threshold number of times.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the defining the second error correction sequence comprises:

determining whether a sequence of commands equal to the second error correction sequence were previously received a correction count threshold number of times following previous detections of the error conditions; and

implementing the defining the second error correction sequence when the sequence of commands equal to the second error correction sequence were previously received the correction count threshold number of times.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying a user of the error condition; and

notifying the user of an action taken to alleviate the error.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user input to define the error condition.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more of a plurality of correction options; and

implementing a third error correction sequence, wherein the third error correction sequence is based on the user selection of the one or more of a plurality of correction options.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that an error condition exists further comprises determining whether a pattern of previous commands received is present in an error table.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that an error condition exists further comprises determining whether the first navigation command is a seek or search command which results in an interval size at or below a threshold level.

10. A system for use in navigating through content, the system comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a first navigation command to advance through an amount of content;

determine whether the amount is below a threshold;

based on determining that the amount is below the threshold, determine that an error condition exists;

search a data structure including error correction sequences to determine whether a first error correction sequence associated with the error condition is included in the data structure;

in response to determining that the first error correction sequence is included in the data structure;

retrieve the first error correction sequence; and

implement the first error correction sequence; and

in response to determining that the first error correction sequence is not included in the data structure;

track a plurality of commands immediately following the first navigation command; and

define a second error correction sequence comprising at least a command immediately following the first navigation command of the plurality of commands immediately following the first navigation command.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor configured to define the second error correction sequence is further configured to:

determine whether the error condition was previously detected an error count threshold number of times; and

implement the defining the second error correction sequence when the error condition was previously detected the error count threshold number of times.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor configured to define the second error correction sequence is further configured to:

determine whether the command immediately following the first navigation command of the plurality of commands was previously detected a correction count threshold number of times following previous detections of the error conditions; and

implement the defining the second error correction sequence when the command immediately following the first navigation command was previously detected the correction count threshold number of times.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor configured to define the second error correction sequence is further configured to:

determine whether a sequence of commands equal to the second error correction sequence were previously received a correction count threshold number of times following previous detections of the error conditions; and

implement the defining the second error correction sequence when the sequence of commands equal to the second error correction sequence were previously received the correction count threshold number of times.

14. The system of claim 10, the processor further configured to:

notify a user of the error condition; and

notify the user of an action taken to alleviate the error.

15. The system of claim 10, the processor further configured to:

receive user input to define the error condition.

16. The system of claim 10, the processor further configured to:

receive a user selection of one or more of a plurality of correction options; and

implement a third error correction sequence, wherein the third error correction sequence is based on the user selection of the one or more of a plurality of correction options.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein determining that an error condition exists further comprises determining whether a pattern of previous commands received is present in an error table.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein determining that an error condition exists further comprises determining whether the first navigation command is a seek or search command which results in an interval size at or below a threshold level.