SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SECONDARY CONTENT BASED ON PRIMARY BROADCAST

• US 20080082922A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roundbox, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Roundbox, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: CUNNINGHAM, CHRIS, MELTZER, BROCK, MARKS, JEFFREY, IVANOV, ATANAS, BINIAK, BRYAN
• Application Number:
  US11/849,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/719
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/252 Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The system provides a computer based presentation synchronized to a broadcast and not merely to an event. The system includes a customizable interface that uses a broadcast and a plurality of secondary sources to present data and information to a user to enhance and optimize a broadcast experience. The system defines templates that represent a customizable content interface for a user. In one embodiment, the templates comprise triggers, sources, widgets, and filters. In one embodiment the system receives the closed captioning feed (cc feed) of a broadcast and mines the text of the cc feed to identify keywords and triggers that will cause the retrieval, generation, and/or display of content related to the keywords and triggers. The system can also use speech recognition to supplement, or to replace, the cc feed and identify key words and triggers used to initiate content.

Claims

1. A content generation system comprising:

A primary content source;

A template for receiving the primary content source and for presenting secondary content based on the primary content source.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the primary content source is a broadcast.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the template includes a trigger that cause the presentation of content based on the trigger.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the trigger comprises meta data associated with the broadcast.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the trigger comprises close captioned text associated with the broadcast.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the trigger comprises contextual information associated with the broadcast.

7. The system of claim 4 wherein the trigger comprises audio data associated with the broadcast.

8. The system of claim 4 wherein the template further includes a widget that defines the presentation of secondary content.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the template further includes a filter for disabling a trigger.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein a record is kept of the secondary content presented by the template such that the secondary content can be replayed at a later time.