METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING TELEVISION PROGRAMMING AND RELATED INFORMATION
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1. An apparatus for providing advertising information relating to a media program, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one communication interface;
a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; and
at least one processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one communication interface, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit is configured to;
A) determine that the media program is currently being presented using a first user viewing device that is communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface; and
B) transmit an ad programming signal to a second user viewing device communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface, so as to configure the second user viewing device to present at least one first advertisement while the media program is being presented on the first user viewing device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing advertising information on a second user viewing device relating to a media program viewed on a first user viewing device. Upon determining that the media program is being presented via the first user viewing device, an ad programming signal is transmitted to the second user viewing device so as to present on the second user viewing device at least one first advertisement relating to content of the media program.
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35 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing advertising information relating to a media program, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one communication interface; a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions; and at least one processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one communication interface, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit is configured to; A) determine that the media program is currently being presented using a first user viewing device that is communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface; and B) transmit an ad programming signal to a second user viewing device communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface, so as to configure the second user viewing device to present at least one first advertisement while the media program is being presented on the first user viewing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. In a system comprising a server computing device, a first user viewing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device, and a second user viewing device communicatively coupled to the server computing device, a method of providing advertising information relating to a media program, the method comprising:
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A) determining, at the server computing device, that the media program is currently being presented using the first user viewing device; and B) transmitting, from the server computing device, an ad programming signal to the second user viewing device, wherein, responsive to receiving the ad programming signal, the second user viewing device is configured to present at least one first advertisement while the media program is being presented on the first user viewing device.
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34. At least one computer-readable storage medium encoded with processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processing unit, perform a method of providing advertising information relating to a media program, the method comprising:
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A) determining that the media program is currently being presented using a first user viewing device; and B) transmitting an ad programming signal to a second user viewing device, wherein, responsive to receiving the ad programming signal, the second user viewing device is configured to present at least one first advertisement while the media program is being presented on the first user viewing device.
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35. An apparatus to provide secure information via at least one user platform operated by a user, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one communication interface to facilitate wired and/or wireless communications with the at least one user platform via one or more transmission media; at least one memory to store processor-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface and the at least one memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the at least one processor, the at least one processor establishes a user session to manage provision of and interaction with the secure information by; A) implementing a plurality of channels through which the user receives and/or interacts with, via the at least one user platform, respective portions of the secure information; B) controlling the at least one communication interface to receive, from the at least one user platform, a user identity for the user and a platform identity for the at least one user platform; C) authenticating the user and the user platform to receive the secure information based at least in part on the user identity and the platform identity; D) determining that a media program is being presented via a user viewing device communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface; and E) if the user and the user platform are authenticated in C), controlling the at least one communication interface so as to transmit to the at least one user platform first authenticated channel information relating to at least one authorized channel of the plurality of channels implemented in A), based at least in part on information access rights respectively associated with the corresponding plurality of channels, the user, and the user platform; wherein the first authenticated channel information includes advertising information that, when displayed on the at least one user platform, presents at least one advertisement relating to the media program while the media program is being presented on the user viewing device.
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