Patent ID: 11924497
Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An automated process to be performed by a video player device that receives inputs from a remote control having an accelerometer, the automated process comprising:
monitoring to detect a movement of the remote control based upon first signals generated by the accelerometer of the remote control and upon imagery obtained from a camera of the video player device;
analyzing the detected movement of the remote control using a neural network to identify a pattern of movement of the remote control;
determining if the identified pattern of movement corresponds to an initiation of video streaming of a streaming video content with a probability beyond a threshold level;
responsive to determining that the identified pattern of movement corresponds to the initiation of video streaming with the probability beyond the threshold level and of the streaming video content, immediately beginning preloading of the streaming video content by at least partially filling a playback buffer of the video player device, wherein the streaming video content comprises a video data and a meta data, and wherein the preloading of the streaming video content to the video player device comprises preloading both the video data and the meta data; and
upon receipt of the subsequent commands, immediately providing the preloaded streaming video content previously stored in the playback buffer for immediate playback of the streaming video content.