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Providing information about video content

  • US 9,160,977 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2008
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing information about video content to a user of a client device, said method comprising:

  • receiving a request from the client device requesting information about video content, wherein, without input from the user and prior to rendering a web page to which the user has navigated, said request is automatically created and submitted by said client device in response to said client device parsing a portion of hypertext markup language text, said request including an internet protocol address of said client device;

    establishing (a) a geographic location of said client device from said internet protocol address; and

    (b) a time of said request;

    identifying one or more content providers available in said geographic location;

    in dependence on said one or more content providers and said time, retrieving information about said video content from a database; and

    providing said information to said client device.

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