Patent ID: 9154248
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving transmitted content, comprising: receiving at a receiver a plurality of program channels from at least one transmitted content stream, each of the plurality of program channels comprising multiple samples of transmitted content; designating at the receiver one or more of the plurality of channels for buffering; storing the received content of each designated channel in a buffer; performing a channel change at the receiver to change from a channel being played to a different channel; and if the different channel is one of the designated channels, wherein the content of one or more of the plurality of program channels is organized into tracks, and wherein as to such a designated channel, the selected point is one of (i) at the beginning of, and (ii) within, a selected one of the tracks; and wherein the playback point is (i) the start of the newest track fully stored in the buffer for the different channel if the start of the newest track is at a point in the buffer that is less than or equal to a defined time interval prior to the currently playing point of the channel, and (ii) the start of the track currently being received on the different channel if the start of the newest track stored in the buffer is greater than the defined time interval.