US 12,120,374 B2
Device and method to switch television operation to primary content mode after displaying an important content on secondary input mode
Sadeesh Kumar Karuppiah, Bangalore (IN); and Swaroop Mahadeva, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,728.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,371, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097328 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 21/42203 (2013.01) [H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media device for use with a television having a primary input and a media device input, the primary input being configured to receive primary content, the media device input being in connection with said media device and being configured to receive important content from said media device, the television being configured to operate in a primary mode so as to play the primary content as received by the primary input and to operate in an important content mode so as to play the important content as received by the media device input, said media device comprising:
a microphone configured to record initial sound from the television while operating in the first mode at an initial time, to generate initial audio data based on the recorded initial sound, to record subsequent sound from the television at a subsequent time, and to generate subsequent audio data based on the recorded subsequent sound;
a memory having the important content and instructions stored therein; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in said memory to cause said media device to:
instruct said microphone to record the initial sound;
store the initial audio data into said memory;
instruct the television to switch operation from the primary mode to the important content mode;
provide the important content to the television;
subsequently instruct the television to switch operation from the important content mode to the primary mode using a primary protocol;
instruct the microphone to record the subsequent sound from the television at the subsequent time;
determine whether the television switched operation from the important content mode to the primary mode based on the initial audio data and the subsequent audio data; and
automatically instruct the television to switch operation from the important content mode to the primary mode using a secondary protocol when it is determined that the television has not switched operation from the important content mode to the primary mode.