Associating an electronic program guide (EPG) data base entry and a related internet website

• US 20030226147A1
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Richmond, Michael S., Pilat, Paul, Smiley, Mary D.
• Application Number:
  US10/159,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20030226147A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords

Abstract

A method includes performing an Internet search for an Internet address based on a keyword, wherein the keyword is obtained from an electronic program guide item of an electronic program guide. The Internet address is received and the keyword and the Internet address are associated together. An information display includes a first area containing an electronic program guide item and a second area containing an indicia of a related Internet address.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

searching for an Internet address, wherein the searching is based on a keyword, wherein the keyword is obtained from an electronic program guide item within an electronic program guide (EPG);

creating a link to an Internet address based on a result of the searching for the Internet address; and

storing the keyword and the Internet address in a memory.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying, on an information display, the keyword from the EPG and the link to the Internet address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing an advertisement with the keyword and the Internet address in the memory.

4. A method comprising:

searching for an Internet address, wherein the searching is based on an electronic program guide item of an electronic program guide (EPG);

creating a link to an Internet address based on a result of the searching for the Internet address; and

storing the electronic program guide item and the Internet address in a memory.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying, on an information display, the electronic program guide item from the EPG and the link to the Internet address.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

storing an advertisement with the electronic program guide item and the Internet address in the memory.

7. A method comprising:

submitting a search request for an Internet address based on a keyword, wherein the keyword is related to an electronic program guide item of an electronic program guide (EPG);

receiving an Internet address in response to the submitting the search request; and

associating the keyword and the Internet address together.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the associating the keyword and the Internet address together causes the keyword and the Internet address to be displayed on an information display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information display is used in a system selected from the group consisting of a television, an interactive television, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal data assistant, a tablet, a cellular telephone, a global positioning system, and a vehicular information display.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the submitting the search request is sent to a search engine affiliated with a company selected from the group consisting of Google™

, Yahoo™

, and Netscape™

.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the associating places the keyword and the Internet address within the same window.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the associating displays the keyword and an icon, wherein manipulation of the icon causes the Internet address to be displayed.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the associating places the Internet address in a separate window from the keyword that was used to perform the search request.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the associating further comprises selling a right to include an advertisement, for a period of time, with the keyword and the Internet address.

15. An apparatus comprising:

an electronic program guide;

a electronic program guide item contained within the electronic program guide; and

an indicia of an Internet address, wherein the indicia of the Internet address results from an Internet search based on a keyword related to the electronic program guide item.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising

an information display, wherein the electronic program guide is displayed thereon.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein an advertisement is associated with one selected from the group consisting of the electronic program guide item, the indicia of the Internet address.

18. An apparatus comprising:

an information display;

a first area of the information display containing an electronic program guide (EPG) item; and

a second area of the information display containing an indicia of a related Internet address.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the related Internet address was selected by searching the Internet using a keyword related to the EPG item.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein manipulation of the indicia of the related Internet address causes content associated with the Internet address to be displayed.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information display is used in a system selected from the group consisting of a television, an interactive television, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal data assistant;

a tablet, a cellular telephone, a global positioning system, and a vehicular information display.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the indicia of the related Internet address is an icon.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the indicia of the related Internet address is a speech enabled application program responsive to a speech input.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

a third area of the information display containing an advertisement.

25. A computer readable medium containing executable computer program instructions, which when executed by a data processing system, cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:

submitting a search request for an Internet address based on a keyword, wherein the keyword is obtained from an electronic program guide item of an electronic program guide (EPG);

receiving an Internet address in response to the submitting the search request; and

associating the electronic program guide item and the Internet address together.

26. The computer readable medium as set forth in claim 25, wherein the associating the electronic program guide item and the Internet address together causes the electronic program guide item and the Internet address to be displayed on an information display.

27. The computer readable medium as set forth in claim 26, wherein the information display is used in a system selected from the group consisting of a television, an interactive television, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal data assistant;

a tablet, a cellular telephone, a global positioning system; and

a vehicular information display.

28. The computer readable medium as set forth in claim 25, wherein the submitting the search request is sent to a company selected from the group consisting of Google™

, Yahoo™

, and Netscape™

.

29. The computer readable medium as set forth in claim 25, wherein the associating displays the electronic program guide item and an indicia of the Internet address, wherein manipulation of the indicia of the Internet address causes the Internet address to be displayed.