APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL INFORMATION RELATED TO A STREAMING TRAVEL RELATED EVENT

• US 20120260289A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Napigkit, Darius
• Granted Patent: US 8,621,516 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26283 for associating distribution time parameters to content, e.g. to generate electronic program guide data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing travel information associated with a presently viewed media content event. An exemplary method receives a selection for a media content event, receives a media content stream corresponding to the selected media content event, communicates the selected media content event to a media presentation device, communicates to the media presentation device a travel indicator during communication of the media content event, receives a user selection associated with the travel indicator, and presents travel information to the user based on the received user selection. The travel information is based on an analysis of content of the EPG information. The media content event is paused after receiving the user selection of the travel indicator. The travel information associated with the media content event is saved after receiving the user selection of the travel indicator.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a selection for a media content event;

receiving a media content stream corresponding to the selected media content event;

communicating the selected media content event to a media presentation device;

communicating a travel indicator to the media presentation device during communication of the media content event;

receiving a user selection associated with the travel indicator; and

presenting travel information to the user based on the received user selection,

wherein the travel information is associated with the media content event.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising previously generating the travel information based on an analysis of content of at least one of electronic program guide (EPG) information or on-demand information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analysis of the content of the EPG information or the on-demand information comprises identifying travel related words in a description portion of the EPG information or the on-demand information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the analysis of the content of the EPG information comprises identifying travel related words in a description portion of the EPG information of only media content events associated with travel related channels.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising previously generating the travel information based on an analysis of audio content of the media content event.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting travel package information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising pausing the media content event after receiving the user selection of the travel indicator.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user selection comprises:

receiving the user selection from a remote control device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving travel information associated with the media content event after receiving the user selection of the travel indicator.

10. A system comprising:

a tuner configured to;

receive a first one of a plurality of media content streams, wherein each media content stream comprises a plurality of media content events; and

receive travel information associated with at least one of the media content events;

a remote interface configured to receive a user selection associated with a travel indicator that is associated with the travel information;

a processor system communicatively coupled to the tuner and the remote interface, the processor system configured to;

present one of the media content events; and

present the travel indicator with the presented media content event if the media content event includes associated travel information.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a communication system interface configured to communicatively couple to a communication system, wherein travel information is received at the communication system interface from a travel source system via the communication system.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising a memory configured to store media device logic, wherein the processor system executing the media device logic is configured to pause the media content event after receiving the user selection of the travel indicator.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a memory configured to save travel information associated with the media content event.

14. A method comprising:

receiving media content event information;

analyzing the received media content event information to determine inclusion of travel related indicators;

generating travel information if the analysis determines the inclusion of travel related indicators; and

sending the generated travel information to a media device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the media content event information comprises receiving at least one of EPG information or on-demand information and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing content of the EPG information or the on-demand information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein analyzing comprises identifying travel related words in a description portion of the EPG information or the on-demand information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the media content event information comprises receiving audio content and wherein analyzing comprises analyzing the audio content.