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Method and apparatus for providing customized information

  • US 10,462,507 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2017
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • storing, by a customer device, items of media content broadcast to the customer device across multiple television channels;

    extracting, by the customer device, words from a first item of media content stored in a portable communication device;

    searching, by the customer device, the items of media content stored in the customer device based on the words extracted from the first item of media content stored in the portable communication device;

    determining, by the customer device and based on the searching, that the words extracted from the first item of media content stored in the portable communication device match words extracted from a second item of media content in the items of media content broadcast to the customer device and stored in the customer device, where the second item of media content is different from the first item of media content; and

    triggering, by the customer device, the second item of media content stored in the customer device to be provided to the portable communication device in response to the determination that the words extracted from the first item of media content stored in the portable communication device match the words extracted from the second item of media content in the items of media content broadcast to the customer device and stored in the customer device,wherein the first item of media content is not from a television channel and the second item of media content is from a television channel.

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