Patent ID: 9743133
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for presenting media content, the method comprising: receiving a low resolution version of each of a plurality of media content events at a media device that is one of a plurality of media devices that are each operable to receive a plurality of high resolution version media content events that are broadcast to the plurality of media devices via a broadcast communication system, wherein each of the plurality of low resolution version media content events corresponds to one of the broadcasting plurality of high resolution version media content events, and wherein the low resolution version of each one of the media content events is received in a low resolution content stream via a communication network; segmenting each of the plurality of low resolution version media content events received in the low resolution content stream into a plurality of low resolution segments, wherein each of the plurality of low resolution segments includes a portion which corresponds to a currently broadcasting portion of the corresponding high resolution version media content event; storing, in a memory of the media device, each one of the plurality of low resolution segments; deleting a previously stored low resolution segment from the memory of the media device as a next one of the plurality of low resolution segments is stored such that the plurality of low resolution segments currently stored in the memory of the media device includes the portion which corresponds to the currently broadcasting portion of the corresponding high resolution version media content event; receiving a user request while a first one of the plurality of high resolution version media content events is being presented to a user, wherein the user request is a request for presentation of a second one of the plurality of high resolution version media content events, and wherein the second high resolution version media content event is different from the first high resolution version media content event; retrieving, in response to receiving the user request, the stored low resolution segment that includes the portion which corresponds to the currently broadcasting portion of the second high resolution version media content event from the memory of the media device; presenting the retrieved low resolution segment on a display to the user; tuning the media device to receive a broadcasted high resolution content stream that comprises the requested second high resolution version media content event in response to receiving the user request, ending presentation of the low resolution segment on the display after the tuning of the media device to receive the second high resolution version media content event; and starting presentation of the requested high resolution version of the media content event on the display in response to ending presentation of the low resolution segment.