# US 2018/0321890 A1 · Asynchronous updates of live media information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0321890 A1 - Document ID: US20180321890A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/586,736 - Filed: 2017-05-04 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-04 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: SEAN C. ANGLIN; CHRISTOPHER R. FLORENCE; WISAM MOHAMMED - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180321890A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - H04N 21/43078: {for seamlessly watching content streams when changing device, e.g. when watching the same programme sequentially on a TV and then on a tablet} - H04N 21/2187: Live feed - H04N 21/4333: {Processing operations in response to a pause request} - H04N 21/436: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home - H04N 21/4788: communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A system for controlling a display of content is provided. The system includes a display device and a control element. The display device includes first and second display units. The control element includes first and second controllers. The first and second controllers are coupled to the first and second display units, respectively. The first controller is configured to pause a display of first content on the first display unit to thereby initiate a lag between the display of the first content on the first display unit and a real-world occurrence of the first content. The second controller is configured to prevent a display of second content, which is related to the first content but which is not subject to the lag, on the second display unit while the lag persists. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling a display of content, comprising: a display device comprising first and second display units; and a control element comprising first and second controllers, the first and second controllers being coupled to the first and second display units, respectively, the first controller being configured to pause a display of first content on the first display unit to thereby initiate a lag between the display of the first content on the first display unit and a real-world occurrence of the first content, and the second controller being configured to prevent a display of second content, which is related to the first content but which is not subject to the lag, on the second display unit while the lag persists. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast of an event and the second content comprises at least one of scrolling news related to the event and social media updates related to the event. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the second controller is further configured to recognize whether the second content is related to the first content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second display units comprises at least one of a television, a computer monitor, a portable computing device, a tablet and a smartphone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit is framed in or superimposed over a portion of the first display unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the second display unit is remote from the first display unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second controllers comprises at least one of a receiver, a DVR, a TiVo™, a display driver and a server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the second controller is remote from the first controller. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein: the first controller is configured to selectively pause the display of the first content on the first display unit, and the second controller is configured to selectively prevent the display of the second content on the second display unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the second controller is further configured to: identify a synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit with a lagging display of the first content on the first display unit, and permit the synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit while the lag persists. ### Claim 11 A method of controlling a display of content, comprising: pausing a display of first content on a first display unit to initiate a lag between the display of the first content on the first display unit and a real-world occurrence of the first content; and preventing a display of second content, which is related to the first content but which is not subject to the lag, on a second display unit while the lag persists. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast of an event and the second content comprises at least one of scrolling news related to the event and social media updates related to the event. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising recognizing that the second content is related to the first content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein: the pausing comprises selectively pausing the display of the first content on the first display unit, and the preventing comprises selectively preventing the display of the second content on the second display unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: identifying a synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit with a lagging display of the first content on the first display unit, and permitting the synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit while the lag persists. ### Claim 16 A computer program product for controlling a display of content, the computer program product comprising: a processing circuit; and a memory unit having executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising: pausing a display of first content on a first display unit to initiate a lag between the display of the first content on the first display unit and a real-world occurrence of the first content; and preventing a display of second content, which is related to the first content but which is not subject to the lag, on a second display unit while the lag persists. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the first content comprises a live broadcast of an event and the second content comprises at least one of scrolling news related to the event and social media updates related to the event. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises recognizing that the second content is related to the first content. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein: the pausing comprises selectively pausing the display of the first content on the first display unit, and the preventing comprises selectively preventing the display of the second content on the second display unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises: identifying a synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit with a lagging display of the first content on the first display unit, and permitting the synchronized display of the second content on the second display unit while the lag persists.