US 11184652

Here's a concise summary of US Patent 11184652:

US Patent 11184652: Bitrate and Pipeline Preservation for Content Presentation

• Title: Bitrate and pipeline preservation for content presentation
• Assignee: OpenTV Inc
• Inventors: Amarendra N. Gogoi, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Ravikant Swami
• Filing Date: August 14, 2018
• Issue Date: November 23, 2021
• Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing a content change process. A digital receiver plays a first piece of content. Upon receiving a selection for a new piece of content during the first content's playback, the digital receiver maintains the bitrate used for the first content to initiate playback of the new content.

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Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a method for optimizing content changes. It involves a digital receiver playing a first piece of content at an adapted bitrate. When a user selects a new piece of content, the system immediately starts playing the new content using the same bitrate from the previous content. During playback of the new content, the system checks if that bitrate can be maintained. If not, the bitrate is adjusted. For example, if the download is faster than anticipated, the bitrate may increase, or if it's slower, the bitrate may decrease.

• Claim 6 (System): This claim describes a system that performs the method outlined in Claim 1. The system includes one or more hardware processors and a storage device with instructions. These instructions configure the processors to cause playback of a first piece of content at an adapted bitrate, receive a selection for new content, initiate the new content's playback using the first content's bitrate, detect if this bitrate can be maintained for the new content, and adjust the bitrate if it cannot.

• Claim 11 (Machine Storage Medium): This claim covers a machine-readable storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer storage medium) that stores instructions. When these instructions are executed by one or more hardware processors, they cause a machine to perform the method described in Claim 1. This includes playing content, receiving a selection for new content, initiating new content playback at the previous bitrate, detecting bitrate sustainability, and adjusting the bitrate as needed.

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CAFC 2026 Dockets:

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My previous response correctly summarized the patent details and the independent claims. I also noted the absence of specific CAFC 2026 dockets related to this patent in the search results.

Therefore, the previous response is complete and accurate based on the available information and search results.

I will reiterate the previous answer to ensure it is self-contained.Here's a concise summary of US Patent 11184652:

US Patent 11184652: Bitrate and Pipeline Preservation for Content Presentation

• Title: Bitrate and pipeline preservation for content presentation
• Assignee: OpenTV Inc
• Inventors: Amarendra N. Gogoi, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Ravikant Swami
• Filing Date: August 14, 2018
• Issue Date: November 23, 2021
• Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing a content change process. In example embodiments, a digital receiver causes playback of a first piece of content. The digital receiver receives a selection of a new piece of content for playback during the playback of the first piece of content. In response to the receiving of the selection, the digital receiver maintains a bitrate used for playback of the first piece of content to initiate playback of the new piece of content.

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Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a method for optimizing content changes. It involves a digital receiver playing a first piece of content at a bitrate that has been adapted for its playback. When the digital receiver receives a selection for a new piece of content while the first content is still playing, it transitions to the new content by immediately initiating its playback using the same bitrate that was used for the first piece of content. During the playback of the new content at this inherited bitrate, the method detects whether the new content can sustain playback at that bitrate. If it's determined that the new content cannot maintain playback at the first bitrate (e.g., if downloading is taking longer or less time than anticipated), the bitrate is then adjusted (e.g., decreased or increased).

• Claim 6 (System): This claim describes a system for optimizing a content change process. The system includes one or more hardware processors and a storage device that holds instructions. These instructions configure the processors to perform the operations of causing playback of a first piece of content at an adapted bitrate, receiving a selection for a new piece of content, transitioning to the new content by initiating its playback using the first content's bitrate, detecting if the new content can maintain playback at that bitrate, and adjusting the bitrate if it cannot.

• Claim 11 (Machine Storage Medium): This claim pertains to a machine storage medium (e.g., a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium). This medium stores instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform the operations described in Claim 1. This includes causing playback of a first piece of content at an adapted bitrate, receiving a selection for new content, initiating playback of the new content using the first content's bitrate, detecting if the new content can maintain playback at that bitrate, and adjusting the bitrate if it cannot.

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CAFC 2026 Dockets:

A search for patent number 11184652 within the CAFC 2026 dockets did not yield specific results indicating active litigation for this patent in 2026.