- 专利标题： Methods and apparatus for providing program channel status information and/or for controlling channel switching
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申请号： US14535046申请日： 2014-11-06
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公开(公告)号： US10362363B2公开(公告)日： 2019-07-23
- 发明人: Michael Detty
- 申请人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- 申请人地址： US MO St. Louis
- 专利权人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- 当前专利权人： Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
- 当前专利权人地址： US MO St. Louis
- 代理机构： Straub & Straub
- 代理商 Michael P. Straub; Stephen T. Straub
- 主分类号： H04N21/44
- IPC分类号： H04N21/44 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/488
摘要：
Methods and apparatus for detecting whether a commercial is ongoing on a program channel and indicating commercial status of a program channel in a program guide are described. Also described are channel surfing methods and apparatus where a user is allowed to automatically skip channels with ongoing commercials and is provided with an indicator of the commercial status on one or more previous program channels while viewing content of program channel to which the user switched.
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