Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming
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1. A method comprising:
- searching text for a keyword, the text being associated with primary programming to be provided to an element of an entertainment system;
accessing a database upon finding the keyword;
retrieving content associated with the keyword from the database;
combining the retrieved content with the primary programming to generate combined programming; and
providing the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming is provided. In one embodiment, the invention can include searching text for a keyword, the text associated with primary programming to be provided to an element of an entertainment system, accessing a database upon finding the keyword, retrieving content associated with the keyword from the database, combining the retrieved content with the primary programming to generate combined programming, and providing the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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searching text for a keyword, the text being associated with primary programming to be provided to an element of an entertainment system;
accessing a database upon finding the keyword;
retrieving content associated with the keyword from the database;
combining the retrieved content with the primary programming to generate combined programming; and
providing the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-readable medium, having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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searching text for a keyword;
accessing a database upon finding the keyword;
retrieving content associated with the keyword from the database;
combining the retrieved content with primary programming; and
providing the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a database including content associated with a keyword;
a search engine to search text for a keyword, the text associated with primary programming to be provided to an element of an entertainment system;
a processor agent, communicatively coupled to the search engine, the processor agent to access the database upon finding the keyword, to retrieve the content associated with the keyword from the database, and to combine the retrieved content with primary programming; and
a delivery component, communicatively coupled to the processor agent, the delivery component to provide the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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