US 12,289,488 B2
One button on-demand closed captioning
William Roberts, Centennial, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,314.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353811 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4221 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42227 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for initiating closed captioning for a content program, comprising:
a processor configured to:
set a predetermined amount of time prior to the content program being provided to a user;
provide the content program to the user;
receive, at a time when the closed captioning is deactivated and the content program is being provided to the user, a one button command to rewind the content program and to activate the closed captioning; and
in response to receiving the one button command:
rewind the content program by the predetermined amount of time, the predetermined amount of time being set prior to the content program being provided to the user;
activate the closed captioning corresponding to the content program beginning at a first time point corresponding to where the content program is rewound to; and
cause a display to present the content program with the corresponding closed captioning beginning at the first time point corresponding to where the content program is rewound to.