Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices
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1. A method for delivering video programming to user equipment devices in a home network, the method comprising:
- providing access to video programming, wherein the video programming has an associated interactive application;
receiving a request from a first user equipment device in the home network to play the video programming;
identifying a first version of the interactive application that is appropriate for the first user equipment device; and
delivering the video programming and the first version of the interactive application to the first user equipment device.
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Abstract
When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different capabilities, the user may wish to deliver different types and amount of content, different amounts of data, and different versions of interactive applications to the user equipment devices in the home network.
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1. A method for delivering video programming to user equipment devices in a home network, the method comprising:
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providing access to video programming, wherein the video programming has an associated interactive application;
receiving a request from a first user equipment device in the home network to play the video programming;
identifying a first version of the interactive application that is appropriate for the first user equipment device; and
delivering the video programming and the first version of the interactive application to the first user equipment device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for delivering video programming to user equipment devices in a home network comprising:
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a first user equipment device in the home network; and
a processor in communication with the home network configured to;
provide access to video programming, wherein the video programming has an associated interactive application;
receive a request from the first user equipment device in the home network to play the video programming;
identify a first version of the interactive application that is appropriate for the first user equipment device; and
deliver the video programming and the first version of the interactive application to the first user equipment device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for delivering recorded television programs to user equipment devices in a home network, the method comprising:
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providing access to recorded television programs, wherein the recorded television program has an associated interactive application;
receiving a request from a first user equipment device in the home network to play the recorded television program, wherein an interactive program guide is implemented on the first user equipment device and a user requests to play the recorded television program using the interactive program guide;
identifying a first version of the interactive application that is appropriate for the first user equipment device; and
delivering the recorded television program and the first version of the interactive application to the first user equipment device.
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