{
  "patent_number": "US 9602875",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How TV Receivers Remind You to Return from Commercial Breaks",
  "original_title": "Broadcast content resume reminder",
  "summary": "A system for television receivers that detects when you change channels during a commercial break and automatically prompts you to return to your original show before the ads end.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a method for a TV receiver to track your viewing habits during commercial breaks. When you switch away from a channel currently airing a show, the receiver starts a timer or monitors your channel-surfing behavior. Once the system predicts the commercial break is ending, it displays an on-screen notification. This notification includes an icon that, when selected, automatically switches the tuner back to the original channel so you do not miss the return of your program.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover systems that switch channels automatically without user interaction.",
    "Does not cover content-based ad-skipping technologies that physically remove commercials from the stream.",
    "Does not cover mobile app-based reminders that operate independently of the TV receiver's tuner hardware.",
    "Does not cover non-broadcast content, such as streaming services that do not utilize traditional channel-based commercial breaks."
  ],
  "filed": "2014-03-07",
  "granted": "2017-03-21",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "EchoStar UK Holdings Ltd",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/echostar-uk-holdings-ltd",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Zahid Hussain",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/zahid-hussain"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 7,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "A service configured to or for reminding a television viewer what or which particular programming they were watching prior to surfing other programming when a commercial break occurs during the particular programming. An option may be made available to the television viewer prior to the end of the commercial break that allows the television viewer to return to watching the particular programming, so that the television viewer does not unintentionally miss any content associated with the particular programming.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9602875/netflix-preview-autoplay",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9602875/netflix-preview-autoplay/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9602875",
  "relatedPatents": []
}