US 12,075,131 B2
System and method for set-top-box messaging display
Lewis T. Donzis, San Antonio, TX (US); Henry M. Donzis, San Antonio, TX (US); Peter W. Baron, San Antonio, TX (US); John A. Murphy, San Antonio, TX (US); and Jonathan E. Schmidt, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to PERFTECH, INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by PERFTECH, INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,052.
Application 18/180,052 is a continuation of application No. 17/695,709, filed on Mar. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,601,726, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Application 17/695,709 is a continuation of application No. 17/235,849, filed on Apr. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,277,671, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 17/235,849 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,881, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 10,986,417, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Application 16/854,881 is a continuation of application No. 16/445,082, filed on Jun. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,631,062, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/445,082 is a continuation of application No. 15/607,504, filed on May 28, 2017, granted, now 10,327,038, issued on Jun. 18, 2019.
Application 15/607,504 is a continuation of application No. 12/340,879, filed on Dec. 22, 2008, granted, now 9,668,027, issued on May 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239543 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4882 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
responsive to a period of quiescence of a remote interface that begins after a detected control signal transmitted by the remote as an initial activity of the remote and continuing for a predefined period of time after the detected initial activity has ended, periodically displaying on a display at least one message having a higher message priority than at least one other of a plurality of messages stored in memory and removing the at least one of the plurality of messages from the display for a second time period which is a longer time than the first time period, until additional activity of the remote is detected as an acknowledgement signal is received in a set-top-box from the remote, and
wherein the plurality of messages are stored in the memory as a sequence of ordered messages, and
wherein the at least one message is displayed for a first time period which is a longer period of time than the period of quiescence.