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US 10,771,859 B2Granted
Provisioning commercial-free media content
AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.
InventorJarrod Austin
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Abstract
Provisioning commercial-free or break-free media content. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and etc. In a satellite broadcast television implementation, subscribers may be provided the ability to search for and optionally access commercial-free programming.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- one or more processing devices;
- and
- memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processing devices, the one or more processing devices configured to perform actions comprising:
- defining a priority with respect to a plurality of different data sources and performing a search for break-free media content in order to identify results in accordance with the defined priority, the performing the search comprising querying the plurality of different data sources;
- consequent to the search, causing output of options of media content to cause display of the options of media content with a display, the options including indicators as to which items of the media content correspond to break-free media content;
- processing a selection received via a user interface of one of the options that corresponds to an item of break-free media content;
- responsive to the selection received via the user interface of the one of the options, generating at least a portion of the item of break-free media content at least partially by stripping out one or more advertisements from corresponding media content, and causing output of at least the portion of the item of break-free media content to the display;
- processing a subsequent selection of an information button received while the item of break-free media content is being displayed;
- and
- responsive to the subsequent selection, causing output of an information interface to cause the information interface to be displayed with the display while at least part of the item of break-free media content is being displayed, the information interface to provide one or more items related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed, the one or more items comprising:
- a first user-selectable option to request additional content associated with the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- a second user-selectable option that, when selected, initiates a posting to a user's associated social media account for an online social network, wherein the posting includes information identifying the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- and/or
- a presentation of targeted content related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed.
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A non-transitory, processor-readable medium having processor-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform actions comprising:
- defining a priority with respect to a plurality of different data sources and performing a search for break-free media content in order to identify results in accordance with the defined priority, the performing the search comprising querying the plurality of different data sources;
- consequent to the search, causing output of options of media content to cause display of the options of media content with a display, the options including indicators as to which items of the media content correspond to break-free media content;
- processing a selection received via a user interface of one of the options that corresponds to an item of break-free media content;
- responsive to the selection received via the user interface of the one of the options, generating at least a portion of the item of break-free media content at least partially by stripping out one or more advertisements from corresponding media content, and causing output of at least the portion of the item of break-free media content to the display;
- processing a subsequent selection of an information button received while the item of break-free media content is being displayed;
- and
- responsive to the subsequent selection, causing output of an information interface to cause the information interface to be displayed with the display while at least part of the item of break-free media content is being displayed, the information interface to provide one or more items related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed, the one or more items comprising:
- a first user-selectable option to request additional content associated with the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- a second user-selectable option that, when selected, initiates a posting to a user's associated social media account for an online social network, wherein the posting includes information identifying the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- and/or
- a presentation of targeted content related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed.
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A method comprising:
- defining a priority with respect to a plurality of different data sources and performing a search for break-free media content in order to identify results in accordance with the defined priority, the performing the search comprising querying the plurality of different data sources;
- consequent to the search, causing output of options of media content to cause display of the options of media content with a display, the options including indicators as to which items of the media content correspond to break-free media content;
- processing a selection received via a user interface of one of the options that corresponds to an item of break-free media content;
- responsive to the selection received via the user interface of the one of the options, generating at least a portion of the item of break-free media content at least partially by stripping out one or more advertisements from corresponding media content, and causing output of at least the portion of the item of break-free media content to the display;
- processing a subsequent selection of an information button received while the item of break-free media content is being displayed;
- and
- responsive to the subsequent selection, causing output of an information interface to cause the information interface to be displayed with the display while at least part of the item of break-free media content is being displayed, the information interface to provide one or more items related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed, the one or more items comprising:
- a first user-selectable option to request additional content associated with the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- a second user-selectable option that, when selected, initiates a posting to a user's associated social media account for an online social network, wherein the posting includes information identifying the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed;
- and/or
- a presentation of targeted content related to the item of break-free media content that is currently being displayed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.