Patent ID: 9197913
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for improving a viewing experience of a user with respect to a live streamed asset, comprising: a. establishing a user account session between a second display or content playback device and a management server; b. using a polling system, polling a service provider server to determine if real-time streaming of a live event has begun, the event associated with a scheduled starting time; and c. if the real time streaming of the live event has not begun, displaying an indication on a user interface associated with the second display or content playback device, the indication at least in part dependent on the time difference between a current time and the scheduled starting time of the live event, and repeating the polling at a frequency, the frequency at least in part based on the time difference between the current time and the scheduled starting time of the live event, wherein the frequency is inversely proportional and is monotonically varying with respect to the time difference between the current time and the scheduled starting time of the live event.