METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE

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APP PUB NO 20130135535A1
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13687133

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A device operable to handle channelized media content may generate a prediction that a first channel will be selected for presentation based on a partially-input channel identifier. The device may process the first channel while concurrently processing a second channel, the second channel having been previously selected for presentation. The prediction may be updated upon input of each character of the channel identifier. The prediction may be based on a position of a user's finger on a remote control and/or based on channels being consumed by consumers in a common demographic with the user. The processing of the first channel may comprise partially decoding the first channel and buffering the partially-decoded first channel. Upon said first channel being selected for presentation, the device may read the partially-decoded first channel from memory, further decode the partially-decoded first channel to recover content, and outputting the recovered content.

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MAXLINEAR INC5966 LA PLACE COURT SUITE 100 CARLSBAD CA 92008

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Ling, Curtis Carlsbad, US 412 2945

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