Apparatus and method to provide supplemental content from an interactive television system to a remote device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving address information from an interactive television system;
obtaining an address from the received address information;
accessing the address obtained from the address information to retrieve supplemental content related to a television program transmitted from the interactive television system; and
presenting the obtained supplemental content on a display remote from a television that displays the television program.
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Abstract
A remote device is capable to receive network address information that is sent along with an audiovisual television signal. A set top box coupled to a television receives the network address information along with triggers, and transmits the network address information to the remote device. After receiving the network address information, a web browser of the remote device can navigate to the address specified by the network address information to obtain supplemental content. The web browser of the remote device can automatically navigate to the address independently of user action. The web browser may also navigate to the address in response to user action or “keyed navigation.” At least some of the supplemental content may also be pre-loaded into the remote device prior to presentation of the supplemental content to the user, thereby reducing latency in the rendering of the supplemental content by the web browser.
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45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving address information from an interactive television system;
obtaining an address from the received address information;
accessing the address obtained from the address information to retrieve supplemental content related to a television program transmitted from the interactive television system; and
presenting the obtained supplemental content on a display remote from a television that displays the television program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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25. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions to;
obtain an address from address information received from an interactive television system;
access the address obtained from the address information to retrieve supplemental content related to a television program transmitted from the interactive television system; and
present the obtained supplemental content on a display remote from a television that displays the television program.
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30. A set top box, comprising:
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a network interface to receive address information from an interactive television system;
a converter coupled to the network interface to obtain an address from the received address information; and
a transmitter coupled to the converter to transmit the obtained address to a remote device to allow the remote device to access the address to retrieve supplemental content related to a television program transmitted from the interactive television system to the network interface, and to allow the remote device to present the obtained supplemental content on a display remote from a television that displays the television program. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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36. An apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver to communicate with a set top box to receive an address sent from an interactive television system to the set top box in addition to a television program;
a storage medium coupled to the receiver to store a browser;
a network interface capable to cooperate with the browser to receive supplemental content from the address, the supplemental content related to the television program transmitted from the interactive television system to the set top box; and
a display responsive to the browser to present the supplemental content received from the address independently of a television that displays the television program transmitted from the interactive television system.
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