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 delivery 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 display on a display apparatus a sequence of linked content items in said specified time window, each of said linked content items having a duration less than said specified time window, and to respond to a prompt signal to initiate a display option.
Claims38
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 plurality of linked content items in sequence in said specified time window, each of said linked content items having a duration less than said specified time window, and having a corresponding content item identifier, wherein all content item identifiers for the plurality of linked content items are concurrently displayed on the display apparatus, and to automatically respond to a prompt signal displayed on the display apparatus to initiate a display of a menu of one or more display options, said menu comprising a plurality of a content item identifiers corresponding to a plurality of long form content items and a further display option;
- wherein said further display option comprises at least one further content item identifier corresponding to a further long form content item and a yet further display option;
- further comprising prompting a viewer to select an option to continue display of a selected long form or further long form content item beyond a finish of said specified time window;
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- in response to user selection, initiating display on said display apparatus of said long form content item or said further display option.
A content item receiver device operative for a content item delivery 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 display on a display apparatus a plurality of linked content items in sequence in said specified time window, each of said linked content items having a duration less than said specified time window, and having a corresponding content item identifier, wherein all content item identifiers for the plurality of linked content items are concurrently displayed on the display apparatus, and to automatically respond to a prompt signal displayed on the display apparatus to initiate a display of a menu of one or more display options, said menu comprising a plurality of a content item identifier corresponding to a plurality of long form content items and a further display option, wherein said further display option comprises at least one further content item identifier corresponding to a further long form content item and a yet further display option;
- further configured to prompt a viewer to select an option from the one of more options to continue display of a selected long form or further long form content item beyond a finish of said specified time window;
- and further configured to initiate in response to user selection display on said display apparatus of said long form content item or said further display option.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.