Trigger mechanism for sync-to-broadcast web content
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1. A method comprising:
- inserting a trigger into a program, wherein the trigger comprises a predetermined criteria;
broadcasting the program comprising the trigger;
transmitting the trigger based on the predetermined criteria;
detecting the trigger based on the predetermined criteria; and
displaying a website corresponding to the trigger.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for device interaction using a trigger mechanism. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a trigger, such as an audio tone sequence, may be inserted in the feed of a program to cause the web device to retrieve appropriate web content.
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1. A method comprising:
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inserting a trigger into a program, wherein the trigger comprises a predetermined criteria;
broadcasting the program comprising the trigger;
transmitting the trigger based on the predetermined criteria;
detecting the trigger based on the predetermined criteria; and
displaying a website corresponding to the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
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providing web content relating to a broadcast program;
providing a trigger event for a web device in the form of an audio tone sequence associated with the web content; and
causing the web device, located sufficiently close to a receiving device to detect the audio tone sequence when emitted by the receiving device, to retrieve and present the web content concurrent with the presentation of the broadcast program by the receiving device by embedding the audio tone sequence into an audio feed of the broadcast program. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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monitoring audio output of a receiving device, that is receiving and presenting a broadcast program, for a trigger in the form of an audio tone sequence;
in response to detecting the trigger, determining a uniform resource locator (URL) of web content associated with the broadcast program based on the audio tone sequence; and
synchronizing the web content to the broadcast program without the need for user action by automatically retrieving and presenting the web content simultaneous with the presentation of the broadcast program. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A device interaction system comprising:
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a broadcaster to embed a trigger into a program;
a multimedia device to transmit the trigger; and
a web device to display a website corresponding to the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of trigger analysis comprising:
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inserting a trigger into a program, wherein the trigger comprises parameters;
monitoring the program to detect the trigger;
detecting the trigger;
translating the trigger into a corresponding URL;
displaying a website corresponding to the URL. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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insert a trigger into a program, wherein the trigger comprises a predetermined criteria;
broadcast the program comprising the trigger;
transmit the trigger based on the predetermined criteria;
detect the trigger based on the predetermined criteria; and
display a website corresponding to the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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insert a trigger into a program, wherein the trigger comprises parameters;
monitor the program to detect the trigger;
detect the trigger;
translate the trigger into a corresponding URL;
display a website corresponding to the URL. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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