Patents Assigned to SLING TV
  • Publication number: 20210204016
    Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of video content. In general, the systems, devices and processes facilitate the synchronized streaming of video content to a plurality of video player devices. Specifically, the systems, devices and processes provide for the synchronized streaming of video content to a plurality of video player devices while also providing the ability selectively restrict timing adjustments. For example, the timing adjustments in one or more of the video player devices can be selectively prevented from occurring at certain times to comply with content-based or other such restrictions. As one example, the systems, devices and processes can be used to prevent timing adjustments from being made in one or more video player devices during the displaying of commercials and/or certain live content on the video player devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventor: Shailesh DESHMUKH
  • Publication number: 20210109649
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present disclosure provide for devices, systems and processes for facilitating adaptive user progressions through content. For at least one embodiment, a process for facilitating user adaptive progressions through content includes receiving a detected first user input motion and determining, based on the first user input motion, a first progression type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SLING TV L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dale Lynn Shepherd, Bryan Douglas DeVries, Taylor Albert McGinnis, Andrew Dean Lynn, Jenna Bradford, Mary Stevens
  • Publication number: 20200169773
    Abstract: Systems, devices and automated process allow automatic replacement of advertisements or other content in previously-broadcast television programs. A content management system or the like operating on a digital network receives indicia from playback devices that have encountered identified advertisements that are stored in digital video recorders or that are otherwise contained within previously-broadcast television programs. The encounters are recorded in a database for subsequent analysis. If desired, the previously-broadcast advertisements may be replaced with more relevant or engaging advertisements prior to playback to the viewer, thereby allowing a fresher, more relevant and more engaging experience for the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventor: R. Drew Major
  • Publication number: 20200137448
    Abstract: Systems, devices and automated process allow automatic replacement of advertisements or other content in previously-broadcast television programs. A content management system or the like operating on a digital network receives indicia from playback devices that have encountered identified advertisements that are stored in digital video recorders or that are otherwise contained within previously-broadcast television programs. The encounters are recorded in a database for subsequent analysis. If desired, the previously-broadcast advertisements may be replaced with more relevant or engaging advertisements prior to playback to the viewer, thereby allowing a fresher, more relevant and more engaging experience for the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventor: R. Drew Major
  • Patent number: 10616640
    Abstract: Various arrangements for providing bimodal digital video recording are presented. A plurality of over-the-air (OTA) television programs received via an antenna input port may be recorded to a local processor-readable storage medium. Record instructions may be transmitted to a cloud-based television programming service provider server system to remotely record and store scheduled streaming television programs to storage of the cloud-based television programming service provider server system. OTA television programs received via the antenna input port and recorded to the local processor-readable storage medium may be determined. Indications of television programs stored by the cloud-based television programming service provider server system may be received. Data may be output to a display device to present the bimodal DVR interface having a unified interface that simultaneously comprises indications of the recorded OTA television programs and indications of the scheduled streaming television programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Sling TV L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jimshade Chaudhari, Joseph Puccio, James Burke O'Brien, IV, David London, Trent A Badger, James Kim
  • Publication number: 20190342607
    Abstract: Advertisements in broadcast television programming are digitally replaced with different ads prior to viewing. Replacement can occur in time and/or place shifted content, and can be used to promote a particular advertisement that the viewer has not yet seen, thereby improving the reach of the ad without oversaturation. Data reporting by the playback devices is collected in a database of viewed ads. The information in the database can be used to refresh previously-viewed ads, to increase saturation of particular ads, to replace previously-broadcast but no longer relevant ads, or for other purposes as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SLING TV L.L.C.
    Inventor: R. Drew MAJOR