Method and system for displaying content relating to a subject matter of a displayed media program
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a server computer, an identity of a media program being displayed on a display device at a first time, the identity determined based on an audio signal fingerprint associated with the media program;
retrieving, by the server computer, closed captioning text associated with the media program based on the identity of the media program;
determining, by the server computer, a subject matter of a portion of the media program from the closed captioning text;
constructing, by the server computer, a query associated with the determined subject matter;
submitting, by the server computer, the query to a computer network as a search query;
receiving, by the server computer in response to the submitting of the query, content relating to the subject matter at a second time;
measuring, by the server computer, an elapsed time period between the first time and the second time;
ranking, by the server computer, the content;
when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, communicating, by the server computer to a client device separate from the display device, information related to the content; and
when the elapsed time period is less than the predetermined period of time, communicating, by the server computer, a first document in the content, the first document ranked above a predetermined threshold, to the client device.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for analyzing, by a server computer, closed captioning text associated with a media program being experienced by a user having a client device. The server computer obtains, based on the analyzing, a subject matter of a portion of the media program from the closed captioning text. The server computer constructs a query associated with the determined subject matter and submits the query to a computer network as a search query. The server computer receives, in response to the submitting of the query, content relating to the subject matter and measures an elapsed time period between the receiving of the content and the obtaining of the subject matter. If the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, the server computer communicates, to the client device, information related to the content.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a server computer, an identity of a media program being displayed on a display device at a first time, the identity determined based on an audio signal fingerprint associated with the media program; retrieving, by the server computer, closed captioning text associated with the media program based on the identity of the media program; determining, by the server computer, a subject matter of a portion of the media program from the closed captioning text; constructing, by the server computer, a query associated with the determined subject matter; submitting, by the server computer, the query to a computer network as a search query; receiving, by the server computer in response to the submitting of the query, content relating to the subject matter at a second time; measuring, by the server computer, an elapsed time period between the first time and the second time; ranking, by the server computer, the content; when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, communicating, by the server computer to a client device separate from the display device, information related to the content; and when the elapsed time period is less than the predetermined period of time, communicating, by the server computer, a first document in the content, the first document ranked above a predetermined threshold, to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising; determining logic executed by a processor for determining an identity of a media program being displayed on a display device at a first time, the identity determined based on an audio signal fingerprint associated with the media program; retrieving logic executed by the processor for retrieving closed captioning text associated with the media program based on the identity of the media program; determining logic executed by the processor for determining a subject matter of a portion of the media program from the closed captioning text; constructing logic executed by the processor for constructing a query associated with the determined subject matter; submitting logic executed by the processor for submitting the query to a computer network as a search query; receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, in response to the submitting of the query, content relating to the subject matter at a second time; measuring logic executed by the processor for measuring an elapsed time period between the first time and the second time; ranking logic executed by the processor for ranking the content; first communicating logic executed by the processor for communicating, when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, to a client device separate from the display device, information related to the content; and second communicating logic executed by the processor for communicating, when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, to the client device, a first document in the content, the first document ranked above a predetermined threshold, to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:
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determining, by the computer processor, an identity of a media program being displayed on a display device at a first time, the identity determined based on an audio signal fingerprint associated with the media program; retrieving, by the computer processor, closed captioning text associated with the media program based on the identity of the media program; determining, by the computer processor, a subject matter of a portion of the media program from the closed captioning text; constructing, by the computer processor, a query associated with the determined subject matter; submitting, by the computer processor, the query to a computer network as a search query; receiving, by the computer processor in response to the submitting of the query, content relating to the subject matter at a second time; measuring, by the computer processor, an elapsed time period between the first time and the second time; ranking, by the computer processor, the content; when the elapsed time period is less than a predetermined period of time, communicating, by the computer processor to a client device separate from the display device, information related to the content; and when the elapsed time period is less than the predetermined period of time, communicating, by the server computer, a first document in the content, the first document ranked above a predetermined threshold, to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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