Method and apparatus for providing seamless viewing
AssigneesVerizon New Jersey Inc., Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsMichelle Felt, Arvind K. Basra, Woo B. Lee
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Abstract
An approach is provided for presenting content seamlessly. Content is presented by one of a plurality of set-top boxes to a display for viewing by a user, wherein the plurality of set-top boxes are situated within a plurality of regions of a premise. The one set-top box is situated within one of the regions. The presentation of the content is paused in response to detection of movement of the user to another region of the premise. An inactive state is entered by the set-top box upon determining that another one of the set-top boxes is resuming the presentation of the content, wherein the other one of the set-top box corresponds to the other region.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- presenting content, by one of a plurality of set-top boxes, to a display for viewing by a user, wherein the plurality of set-top boxes are situated within a plurality of regions of a premise, the one set-top box being situated within one of the regions;
- pausing the presentation of the content in response to detection of movement of the user to another region of the premise;
- and
- entering an inactive state by the set-top box upon determining that another one of the set-top boxes is resuming the presentation of the content, wherein the other one of the set-top box corresponds to the other region.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- present content, by one of a plurality of set-top boxes, to a display for viewing by a user, wherein the plurality of set-top boxes are situated within a plurality of regions of a premise, the one set-top box being situated within one of the regions,
- pause the presentation of the content in response to detection of movement of the user to another region of the premise, and
- enter an inactive state by the set-top box upon determining that another one of the set-top boxes is resuming the presentation of the content, wherein the other one of the set-top box corresponds to the other region.
A method comprising:
- determining presence of a user within one region of a plurality of regions within a premise, wherein the regions have correspondingly a plurality of set-top boxes, wherein the user is presented with content by one of the set-top boxes corresponding to the one region;
- detecting movement of the user from the one region to another region of the premise based on the determined presence;
- generating a first control message instructing the one set-top box to pause the presentation of the content in response to the detection of the movement;
- and
- generating a second control message instructing another one of the set-top boxes to resume the presentation of the content, wherein the other set-top box corresponds to the other region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.