US 11,895,370 B2
Modifying playback of replacement content responsive to detection of remote control signals that control a device providing video to the playback device
Kurt R. Thielen, Maple Grove, MN (US); Shashank Merchant, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Peter Dunker, Weimar (DE); Markus K. Cremer, Orinda, CA (US); Chungwon Seo, Seoul (KR); Seunghyeong Lee, Seoul (KR); and Steven D Scherf, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/706,417.
Application 17/706,417 is a continuation of application No. 17/003,211, filed on Aug. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,323,777.
Application 17/003,211 is a continuation of application No. 16/181,978, filed on Nov. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,827,224, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/700,409, filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224986 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/47217 (2013.01) [H04N 9/8715 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing, by a playback device, replacement media content for display;
while the playback device is displaying the replacement media content, receiving, using a receiver of the playback device, an instruction that a remote control transmitted to a media device, wherein the media device provides media content to the playback device;
determining, by the playback device, a region within a display of the playback device at which the playback device is configured to provide an overlay corresponding to the instruction for display; and
modifying, by the playback device, presentation of the replacement media content such that the overlay is visible within the region while the playback device provides the replacement media content for display.