APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO ASSOCIATED DATA RELATED TO PRIMARY MEDIA DATA
First Claim
1. A method for transferring media information from a media data source to a media recipient, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a media data stream from the media data source, the media data stream including primary data and associated data, where the primary data comprises a primary media presentation and the associated data points to supplemental information that is related to the primary media presentation;
(b) presenting the primary media presentation to the media recipient based on the primary data;
(c) accessing the associated data in the media data stream;
(d) determining based on the associated data a location of the supplemental information;
(e) accessing the supplemental information at the location determined in step (d); and
(f) presenting the supplemental information to the media recipient.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are described for distributing associated data to media recipients that are experiencing a primary media event, such as a television or radio program, a movie or a live event. The associated data may be in the form of direct links that may be used by the media recipients to access supplemental information, such as a website accessible via the Internet, that is in some way associated with or related to the primary media event. Since the associated data leads the media recipients directly to the supplemental information, the media recipients do not need to search for the supplemental information on their own. In various embodiments, a direct link is transmitted wirelessly to a wireless communication device that uses the link to access the supplemental information. In some situations, the direct link is extracted or copied from the primary media data stream. Thus, associated data may be extracted from a one-way primary media data stream and used to interactively access supplemental information from a two-way information medium, such as the Internet or wireless communication networks.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for transferring media information from a media data source to a media recipient, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a media data stream from the media data source, the media data stream including primary data and associated data, where the primary data comprises a primary media presentation and the associated data points to supplemental information that is related to the primary media presentation;
(b) presenting the primary media presentation to the media recipient based on the primary data;
(c) accessing the associated data in the media data stream;
(d) determining based on the associated data a location of the supplemental information;
(e) accessing the supplemental information at the location determined in step (d); and
(f) presenting the supplemental information to the media recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for operating on a media data stream that contains primary data and associated data, where the primary data comprises a primary media presentation and the associated data points to supplemental information that is related to the primary media presentation, the apparatus comprising:
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an associated data access device comprising;
a media data stream input for receiving the media data stream from a media data source;
an extraction circuit for accessing the associated data in the media data stream;
a first associated data output for providing the associated data to an associated data receiving apparatus; and
a primary data output for providing the primary data to a primary data presentation device; and
a first associated data receiving apparatus for receiving the associated data, for accessing the supplemental information at a location indicated by the associated data, and for presenting the supplemental information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for transferring media information from a television media data source to a television media recipient, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a television media data stream from the television media data source, the television media data stream including primary data and associated data, where the primary data comprises a primary television media presentation and the associated data points to supplemental information that is related to the primary television media presentation;
(b) presenting the primary television media presentation to the media recipient on a television display device;
(c) accessing the associated data in the television media data stream;
(d) providing an indication in the primary television media presentation that supplemental information is available, where the indication is based on the associated data;
(e) sending a request regarding the supplemental information, the request sent via a communication network from a computing device associated with the television media recipient;
(f) determining based on the request a network address of the supplemental information;
(g) sending a message via a communication network to inform the television media recipient regarding availability of the supplemental information at the network address;
(h) accessing the message via a communication network using a computing device associated with the media recipient; and
(i) accessing the supplemental information via a communication network using a computing device associated with the media recipient. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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