SUPPLEMENTING BROADCAST SERVICE WITH NETWORK CONTENT
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1. A computer implemented method for providing an interface, comprising:
- receiving a broadcast signal from a broadcasting source;
parsing the broadcast signal to detect an attribute in a first file contained in the broadcast signal, the attribute identifying a location of supplemental content;
retrieving the supplemental content from the identified location over a network; and
providing the supplemental content through a user interface.
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Abstract
A broadcast interactive television service provides broadcast content received through a broadcast and supplemental content retrieved over a network. The broadcast content may include a broadcast markup language (BML) file which is parsed to provide an interface to the user. If the BML file contains information regarding the location or other information for supplemental content, the supplemental content can be retrieved from over a network and provide through the interface. Once presentation of the supplemental content has completed, the state of the interface may return to that associated with the BML file.
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1. A computer implemented method for providing an interface, comprising:
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receiving a broadcast signal from a broadcasting source; parsing the broadcast signal to detect an attribute in a first file contained in the broadcast signal, the attribute identifying a location of supplemental content; retrieving the supplemental content from the identified location over a network; and providing the supplemental content through a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method for providing an interface, comprising:
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receiving a first broadcast signal having a broadcast file, the broadcast file including information associated with a remote media file; providing a first interface based on the broadcast file; receiving a selection through the first interface, the selection associated with the remote media file; retrieving the remote media file from a remote server in response to the received selection; and providing the retrieved media file in the first interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for providing a user interface, comprising:
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a storage device; a first communication interface for communicating with a tuner; a second communication interface for communicating with a remote network server; a broadcast file browser for processing a broadcast file received through the first communication interface from a tuner, the broadcast file browser configured to provide an interface from the broadcast file; and a media mark-up language application for retrieving a media file from the remote server through the second communication interface, the media mark-up language application configured to modify the interface to provide the retrieved media file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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