US 12,003,810 B2Granted

Apparatus, systems and methods for buffering of media content

AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.

InventorGregory Greene

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Abstract

Media content presentation systems and methods are operable to present media content received by a media device, wherein the media device comprises a plurality of tuner systems. An exemplary embodiment tunes the plurality of tuners to receive different broadcasting media content streams each comprising a streaming media content event; communicates the streaming media content events from the receiving tuner to a corresponding tuner buffer of the tuner system; and stores a portion of the streaming media content events into the corresponding tuner buffers. When a user selection is received for presentation of one of the streaming media content events, the selected one of the streaming media content events are presented to a user of the media device.

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Dependent claims

A method for presenting media content received by a media device, wherein the media device comprises a plurality of tuner systems that includes at least a first tuner system and a second tuner system, the method comprising:

selecting first and second broadcasting media content streams based on a routine behavior of a user associated with one or more channels or content events provided by the first broadcasting media content stream or the second broadcasting media content stream;
tuning a first tuner of the first tuner system to receive the first broadcasting media content stream;
storing a portion of the first broadcasting media content stream into a first tuner buffer of the first tuner system;
tuning a second tuner of the second tuner system to receive the second broadcasting media content stream;
storing a portion of the second broadcasting media content stream into a second tuner buffer of the second tuner system;
receiving a user selection for presentation of one of the first and second broadcasting media content streams;
storing the portion of the first broadcasting media content stream in a primary content buffer and generating a pointer to location information for a video image frame in the second tuner buffer in response to the user selection of the first broadcasting media content stream;
storing the portion of the second broadcasting media content stream in the primary content buffer and generating a pointer to location information for a video image frame in the first tuner buffer in response to the user selection of the second broadcasting media content stream;
and
communicating the selected one of the first and second broadcasting media content streams for presentation on a display.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a machine to:

select first and second broadcasting media content streams based on a routine behavior of a user associated with one or more channels or content events provided by the first broadcasting media content stream or the second broadcasting media content stream;
tune a first tuner of a first tuner system of a media device to receive the first broadcasting media content stream;
store a portion of the first broadcasting media content stream into a first tuner buffer of the first tuner system;
tune a second tuner of a second tuner system of the media device to receive the second broadcasting media content stream;
store a portion of the second broadcasting media content stream into a second tuner buffer of the second tuner system;
receive a user selection for presentation of one of the first and second broadcasting media content streams;
store the portion of the streaming first broadcasting media content stream in a primary content buffer and generating a pointer to location information for a video image frame in the second tuner buffer in response to the user selection of the first broadcasting media content stream;
store the portion of the second broadcasting media content stream in the primary content buffer and generating a pointer to location information for a video image frame in the first tuner buffer in response to the user selection of the second broadcasting media content stream;
and
communicate the selected one of the first and second broadcasting media content streams for presentation on a display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/980,416Filed 3 Nov 2022 · continuation
Priority: 15 Oct 2015
Published: US 2023/0058619 A123 Feb 2023
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04N 21/44004
Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering…
H04N 21/4263
For processing the incoming bitstream: involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
H04N 21/4347
Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream;…:…
H04N 21/47217
End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content…: for…

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Application14/883,793Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Oct 2015
Application16/536,616Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Aug 2019
US 10,382,815 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Aug 2019
Application17/148,493Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Jan 2021
US 10,904,613 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Jan 2021
US 2023/0058619 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Feb 2023
US 11,496,794 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0111690 A1Published application
US 2020/0245023 A1Published application
US 2021/0136446 A1Published application
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