Content Interruptions
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPaul R. Cooper, Matt Henry Van der Staay, Chad Michael Williams
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Abstract
Techniques that address content interruptions are described. In an implementation, an interruption is detected at the client device in receipt of a stream of content from a distribution system that is to be recorded locally in memory at the client device. A stream of content is generated at the client device and the generated stream of content is recorded to fill the interruption in the stream of content from the distribution system in the memory of the client device.
Claims20
A method implemented by one or more modules of a client device, the method comprising:
- detecting an interruption at the client device during receipt of a stream of content from a distribution system that is to be recorded locally in memory at the client device;
- generating a stream of content at the client device;
- and
- recording the generated stream of content to fill the interruption in the stream of content from the distribution system in the memory of the client device.
A client device comprising one or more modules implemented at least in part by hardware and configured to:
- identify an error condition that exists with respect to reception of a stream of content from a distribution system at the client device;
- select from content that is stored locally at the client device that corresponds to the identified error condition;
- and
- stream the selected content in place of the stream of content from the distribution system until the error condition is resolved.
One or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that are stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a client device, cause the client device to perform operations comprising:
- responsive to a request to output content that was recorded locally at the client device, determining that an interruption occurred in the streaming of the content to the client device;
- and
- outputting a notification of the existence of the interruption in the recording of the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.