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US 2018/0019000 A1Published application
Method and system for performing non-standard mode operations
AssigneeOpenTV, Inc.
InventorsAlain Delpuch, Gregory D'Orso, Jean-Rene Menand, Ludovic Pierre, Steven Szymanski
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling the playback and recording of television programming containing interactive applications. In particular, the disclosed methods and systems detail how “trick modes” can be handled when playing applications, that are distributed with the television programming.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- playing, at a media content device, media content stored on a storage device communicatively coupled with the media content device;
- executing, at the media content device, an application during the playing of the media content, the application to provide additional content;
- receiving, at the media content device, during the execution of the application, a request to temporally skip between a first portion and a second portion of the media content;
- performing, at the media content device, the request;
- and
- executing, by the application in response to the request, an action that corresponds to the second portion of the media content.
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A media content device comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- playing media content stored on a storage device communicatively coupled with the media content device;
- executing an application during the playing of the media content, the application to provide additional content;
- receiving during the execution of the application, a request to temporally skip between a first portion and a second portion of the media content,
- performing the request, and
- executing, by the application in response to the request, an action that corresponds to the second portion of the media content.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a media content device, cause the media content device to perform operations comprising:
- playing media content stored on a storage device communicatively coupled with the media content device;
- executing an application during the playing of the media content, the application to provide additional content,
- receiving during the execution of the application, a request to temporally skip between a first portion and a second portion of the media content;
- performing the request;
- and
- executing, by the application in response to the request, an action that corresponds to the second portion of the media content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.