Patent ID: 8782261
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method performed in a digital media receiver, the method comprising: registering for notification of segment boundary events associated with a first service provided to the digital media receiver; while tuned to a second service different than the first service, receiving a first notification of a first segment boundary event, wherein the first segment boundary is conveyed in a message in a transport layer corresponding to the first service and wherein the first segment boundary includes information corresponding to a first transition type from plural types of transitions, wherein the first transition type is contained in a transition type data field, wherein the first transition type corresponds to the type of transition being notified by the first segment boundary notification; and determining whether the first notification is authorized; responsive to the determination that the first notification is authorized, processing the first notification; and receiving a second notification of a second segment boundary event, wherein the second segment boundary is conveyed in a message in the transport layer corresponding to the first service and wherein the second segment boundary includes information corresponding to a second transition type from plural types of transitions, wherein the second transition type is contained in a transition type data field, wherein the second transition type corresponds to a type of transition different that the type of transition notified by the first segment boundary notification.