Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for providing fast channel surfing
- Patent Title (中): 提供快速通道冲浪的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14280022Application Date: 2014-05-16
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Publication No.: US08973039B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Clinton J. Smoyer , Shane M. Smith
- Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04N5/455
- IPC: H04N5/455 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N5/50 ; H04N7/16 ; H04N21/235 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/435 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/643 ; H04N21/81

Abstract:
A system and method for enabling television watchers to “channel surf” faster and reduce the amount of bandwidth used over a network to communicate television channels to end-users. Electronic programming guide information and images associated therewith may be communicated to an end-user. An image associated with a video program may be displayed on an electronic display (e.g., television) in response to an end-user selecting a channel prior to video programming being displayed. By displaying an image prior to the video programming, the end-user may determine whether he or she wants to watch the video program prior to the video programming being displayed, which improves the speed of “channel surfing.” Because end-users can view the image when selecting a channel, a network can be configured to distribute the channels that are currently being watched rather than distributing many on a continuous basis, thereby preserving bandwidth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140250461A1 System and Method for Providing Fast Channel Surfing Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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