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US 12,581,157 B2Granted
Systems and methods for media content hand-off based on type of buffered data
AssigneeAdeia Guides Inc.
InventorsVikram Makam Gupta, Muni Ramaiah Bandham, Santhiya Krishnamoorthi
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for handing off media content. A media player client receives a request to transfer a media stream, which is playing on a first media device, to a second media device. In response to determining that the second media device comprises a larger screen than the first media device, the media player content determines, based on the genre and resolution of the media stream data, whether the media stream data can be transferred, from the first media device to the second media device.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first playback position, a request to transfer display of a content item from a first device to a second device, wherein a media stream comprises the content item;
- accessing metadata comprising a plurality of playback position markers within the content item, wherein each playback position marker corresponds to a respective position different from the first playback position;
- in response to the request to transfer the display of the content item from the first device to the second device:
- continuing to display the content item at the first device after the first playback position until a next playback position marker of the plurality of playback position markers is reached;
- automatically ceasing the display of the content item at the first device based on determining that the current playback position has reached the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item;
- and
- automatically causing the second device to begin display of the content item from the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item.
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A system comprising:
- communications circuitry configured to:
- receive, at a first playback position, a request to transfer display of a content item from a first device to a second device, wherein a media stream comprises the content item;
- access metadata comprising a plurality of playback position markers within the content item, wherein each playback position marker corresponds to a respective position different from the first playback position;
- control circuitry configured to:
- in response to the request to transfer the display of the content item from the first device to the second device:
- continue to display the content item at the first device after the first playback position until a next playback position marker of the plurality of playback position markers is reached;
- automatically cease the display of the content item at the first device based on determining that the current playback position has reached the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item;
- and
- automatically cause the second device to begin display of the content item from the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
- instructions that when executed by control circuitry cause the control circuitry to:
- receive, at a first playback position, a request to transfer display of a content item from a first device to a second device, wherein a media stream comprises the content item;
- access metadata comprising a plurality of playback position markers within the content item, wherein each playback position marker corresponds to a respective position different from the first playback position;
- in response to the request to transfer the display of the content item from the first device to the second device:
- continue to play the content item at the first device after the first playback position until a next playback position marker of the plurality of playback position markers is reached;
- automatically cease the display of the content item at the first device based on determining that the current playback position has reached the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item;
- and
- automatically cause the second device to begin display of the content item from the next playback position marker included in the metadata of the content item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.