Patent №
US 6,340,987
Granted
2002-01-22
Filed 1995
Owner
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P., D/B/A TIME WARNER CABLE
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AI components
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hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08572547
A method and apparatus for masking latency in an interactive television network. One embodiment of the invention initially receives a command pertaining to an interactive selection from a viewer. The invention then determines if latency is associated with the execution of the received command. If so, the invention (1) begins processing the command, and (2) presents a latency-masking presentation.
AI classification
Ownership
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P., D/B/A TIME WARNER CABLE
assignment · 78680407
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
merger · 354070716
Assignors
HAYASHI, MICHAEL T.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.