US 11,887,626 B2
Method and system for performing non-standard mode operations
Alain Delpuch, Paris (FR); Gregory D'Orso, Freemont, CA (US); Jean-Rene Menand, Los Altos, CA (US); Ludovic Pierre, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Steven Szymanski, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to OPENTV, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by OpenTV, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/696,783.
Application 15/696,783 is a continuation of application No. 14/268,939, filed on May 2, 2014, granted, now 9,761,274.
Application 14/268,939 is a continuation of application No. 10/939,114, filed on Sep. 13, 2004, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/502,268, filed on Sep. 12, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/502,267, filed on Sep. 12, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/502,269, filed on Sep. 12, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2018/0019000 A1, Jan. 18, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G11B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/30 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 27/005 (2013.01) [G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/3027 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 9/87 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/47208 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
playing, at a media content device, media content associated with an interactive application;
receiving, during the playing of the media content, a first indication that a user is interacting with the interactive application;
suspending, by the media content device, the playing of the media content in response to the receiving of the first indication;
receiving, while the media content is suspended, a second indication that the user has stopped interacting with the interactive application; and
resuming the playing of the media content in response to the receiving of the second indication.