System and method for managing a countdown timer
AssigneeAdvanced Digital Broadcast S. A.
InventorTomasz POWCHOWICZ
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Abstract
A method for managing a first countdown timer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving (201) a request to set the first countdown timer to a first time value; starting (202) the first countdown timer; receiving (203) a request to reset the first countdown timer; letting (204) the first countdown timer expire; setting up (205) a second countdown timer with the time being equal to said first time value minus a difference between said first countdown timer expiry time and said receiving of the request to reset the first countdown timer; starting (206) the second countdown timer.
Claims5
A method for managing a first countdown timer, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving (201) a request to set the first countdown timer to a first time value;
- starting (202) the first countdown timer;
- receiving (203) a request to reset the first countdown timer;
- the method being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of:
- letting (204) the first countdown timer expire;
- setting up (205) a second countdown timer with the time being equal to said first time value minus a difference between said first countdown timer expiry time and said receiving of the request to reset the first countdown timer;
- starting (206) the second countdown timer.
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