Content Item Receiver Module and Method
AssigneeMiniweb Technologies Limited
InventorsPatrick Michael Sansom, Ian James Valentine
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a content item receiver module and method. The content item receiver module is operative for a content item distribution system, configured to operate in a first and second mode: said first mode operative to drive a display apparatus to display a received content item; said second mode operative for a specified time window to drive said display apparatus to display a sequence of linked content items and to respond to user input to initiate transition from display of a currently displayed linked content item to display of another linked content item in said sequence of linked content items prior to an end of said currently displayed linked content item.
Claims41
Content item receiver apparatus operative for a content item distribution system, configured to operate in a first and second mode:
- said first mode operative to drive a display apparatus to display a received content item;
- said second mode operative for a specified time window to drive said display apparatus to display a sequence of linked content items and to respond to user input to initiate transition from display of a currently displayed linked content item to display of another linked content item in said sequence of linked content items prior to an end of said currently displayed linked content item, wherein said another linked content item is next to said currently displayed content item in said sequence.
A content item receiver apparatus according to claiml, further configured in said second mode to truncate a currently displayed linked content item to finish display of said currently displayed linked content item coincident with a finish of said specified time window.
A content item delivery system comprising:
- a communications network;
- a content item delivery system server coupled to said communications network;
- at least one content source coupled to said communications network;
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- a content item receiver configured to operate in a first and second mode, wherein said content item receiver is coupled to said communications network, and wherein said content item receiver module, said content item delivery system server and said at least one content source are operable to communicate with each other via said communications network.
A method of operating a content item receiver using a CPU and a software program, said method comprising:
- in a first mode driving a display apparatus to display a received content item;
- in a second mode driving for a specified time window said display apparatus to display a sequence of linked content items and responding to user input prior to an end of said currently displayed linked content item to initiate transition from display of a currently displayed linked content item to display of another linked content item in said sequence of linked content items, wherein said another linked content item is next to said currently display content item in said sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.