公开(公告)号：US09635427B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-25

申请号：US14989665

申请日：2016-01-06

Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： David Christopher St. John-Larkin ,  David A. Kummer ,  John Anthony Card, II

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N5/445

CPC classification number: H04N21/4788 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/26606 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/274 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4227 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4661 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4826 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/6543

Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for communication between a plurality of client devices of a broadcast system. The communication may be, for example, a recommendation of a program that is communicated from one subscriber to another subscriber or subscribers via their client devices. The communication also may be a comment regarding a program, for example, recently viewed at the client device of the one subscriber. In general, the communication may be a message from one subscriber to another subscriber or subscribers. Further, the communication may be configured to perform a function on one or more other client devices. Such a function may include, but is not limited to, setting a timer to record a program, ordering or purchasing a program or service, cancelling an ordered/purchased program or service, setting or altering user preferences, controlling access to channels, etc.

公开(公告)号：US09516353B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-06

申请号：US14675888

申请日：2015-04-01

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Kate Megan Carney Landow ,  John Anthony Card, II

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/235

CPC classification number: H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/8455 ,  H04N21/8456 ,  H04N21/854

Abstract: A method for generating a set of aggregated media content includes storing a plurality of segments of media data. The method further includes organizing the segments into a set of aggregated content including content for generating a plurality of sets of assembled content. The plurality of segments includes a first segment and a second segment. The method further includes generating a first set of metadata for the first segment specifying a first source index location of the first segment in the set of aggregated media content and a first target index location of the first segment in a first set of assembled media content, and a second set of metadata for the second segment specifying a second source index location of the second segment in the set of aggregated media content and a second target index location of the second segment in a second set of assembled media content.

Abstract translation: 用于生成聚合的媒体内容的集合的方法包括存储多个媒体数据段。 该方法还包括将片段组织成一组聚合内容，包括用于生成多组组合内容的内容。 多个段包括第一段和第二段。 所述方法还包括：生成用于所述第一段的第一组元数据，所述第一段指定所述聚合的媒体内容集合中的所述第一段的第一源索引位置和所述第一组合媒体内容中的所述第一段的第一目标索引位置， 以及用于所述第二段的第二组元数据，其指定所述聚合的媒体内容集合中的所述第二段的第二源索引位置和所述第二组合媒体内容中的所述第二段的第二目标索引位置。