Patent ID: 11861095
Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An electronic device comprising:
a touchscreen display;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storage device having computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed, configure the processor to control display of a media player on the touchscreen display to:
playback a media program in conjunction with one or more control elements;
control display of an interactive lock element on the touchscreen display in response to a first trigger event applied by a user of the electronic device during playback of the media program;
detect an occurrence of an activate lock trigger event when the user of the electronic device interacts with the interactive lock element of the touchscreen display;
in response to detecting the occurrence of the activate lock trigger event, lock at least some touchscreen functionality of the media player and hiding at least some of the one or more control elements while continuing playback of the media program and otherwise cease the display of the interactive lock element on the touchscreen display;
once again control the display of the interactive lock element on the touchscreen display in response to a subsequent detection of another occurrence of the first trigger event while the at least some touchscreen functionality is locked;
detect an occurrence of a deactivate lock trigger event when the user of the electronic device interacts with the interactive lock element on the touchscreen display; and
in response to detecting the occurrence of the deactivate lock trigger event, unlock the at least some touchscreen functionality.