US 2011/0035462 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT PROGRAMMING VIA A REMOTE MEDIA PLAYER

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that allow a user to register for selective notifications of one or more events that may occur on a channel in a media stream. When a registered event occurs, the system and method generates an event notification, which is delivered to the remotely-located media player. In response to the event notification, the media player can be automatically enabled and/or switched to the appropriate channel. Alternatively, the system and method may notify the user of the event, and give the user the option of enabling and/or switching the media player to the channel corresponding to the event. The system and method can be implemented to facilitate monitoring for a variety of different types. In each of these various types the user is able to select the events for which monitoring and notification will be provided.

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Dependent claims

A method of selectively providing a media stream from an encoding system to a remotely-located media player, the method comprising:

receiving a registration for a programming event;
monitoring for occurrence of the registered programming event;
providing an event notification in response to the occurrence of the registered programming event;
generating the media stream by encoding programming corresponding to the registered programming event in response to the event notification;
and
transmitting the encoded media stream to the remotely-located media player.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for event programming via a remote media player

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Systems and methods for event programming via a remote media player

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Abstract

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