公开(公告)号：US20190208256A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US15922743

申请日：2018-03-15

Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.

Inventor： YASHASWINI HARISH

IPC: H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/8547

CPC classification number: H04N21/4302 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/6112 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8547

Abstract: A set-top box and a method of operating the same are provided. The set-top box, for example, may include, but is not limited to, a communication system configured to receive media content from a broadcast content source and communicate with a personal electronic device, and a media continuity system configured to receive, from the communication system, an indication that a user is watching media content through an over the top source on the personal electronic device, buffer the media content from the broadcast content source in a memory, determine, when the set-top box receives a request to play the media content, a difference between a timestamp associated with the media content as broadcast by the over the top source and the media content as broadcast by the broadcast content source, and output the media content using the buffer based upon the difference in the timestamp when the user returns home.

公开(公告)号：US20190208237A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US15922711

申请日：2018-03-15

Applicant: SLING MEDIA L.L.C.

Inventor： YASHASWINI HARISH ,  RAMGOPAL MADDULURI

IPC: H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N19/40

CPC classification number: H04N21/2365 ,  H04L65/4092 ,  H04N19/40 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/440218 ,  H04N21/44209 ,  H04N21/44245 ,  H04N21/4622

Abstract: A place shifting device and a method for operating the same are provided. The place shifting device, for example, may include, but is not limited to, a communication system configured to receive a plurality of sources of media, a multiplexed channel transcoder configured to multiplex video from at least two of the plurality of sources of media into a single channel, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication system and the multiplexed channel transcoder, the processor configured to determine the at least two of the plurality of sources of media, transcode, via the multiplexed channel transcoder, the determined video from the at least two of the plurality of sources of media into the signal channel, and transmit, via the communication system, the single channel to a remote electronic device.