Methods And Systems For Linking Content

• US 20150229699A1
• Filed: 02/10/2014
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Jianju
• Application Number:
  US14/176,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43079 of additional data with content streams on multiple devices

Abstract

Methods and systems for linking content are provided. An example method can comprise a first device receiving first content via a non-packetized network from a content provider, wherein the first content comprises one or more trigger elements. A user of the first device can select one or more trigger elements in the first content and a trigger signal can be transmitted from the first device to a linking system. The linking system can receive a request for information from a second device. The linking system can associate the request for information with the trigger signal and transmit a request for second content to the content provider, wherein the second content relates to one or more trigger elements of the first content. Upon receiving the request for second content, the content provider can transmit the second content to the second device via a packetized network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting first content via a non-packetized network to a first device, wherein the first content comprises one or more trigger elements;

receiving a request for second content, wherein the second content relates to the one or more trigger elements of the first content, and wherein the request comprises information relating to a second device; and

transmitting the second content via a packetized network to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for second content comprises one or more indices associated with respective trigger elements of the one or more trigger elements of the first content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information relating to a second device comprises a device identifier of the second device, a user identifier, or both.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the device identifier of the second device is a media access control (MAC) address of the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-packetized network comprises a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) network and the packetized network comprises an internet protocol (IP) network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second content comprises one or more of an advertisement, promotion, knowledge base of specific characters, purchasing opportunity, interest point, highlighting point, polling point, content length, a content title, a content provider, a content type, a content format, a content identifier, a content release date, a content update frequency, a content category, a content rating, a price for ordering the first content, and content viewing history.

7. A method comprising:

receiving first content via a non-packetized network at a first device, wherein the first content comprises one or more trigger elements and the first device is associated with a device identifier; and

transmitting a trigger signal via an out-of-band (OOB) portion of the non-packetized network, the trigger signal comprising the device identifier associated with the first device and information relating to one or more trigger elements, wherein the trigger signal facilitates the transmission of second content to a second device via a packetized network, and wherein the second content relates to one or more trigger elements of the first content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the trigger signal is in ALOHA format.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the non-packetized network comprises a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) network.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the trigger signal is transmitted via an ALOHA format or a DAVIC format.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting the trigger signal comprises transmitting the trigger signal by remote desktop protocol (RDP) or advanced remote desktop protocol (ARDP).

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the trigger signal comprises a linkage message, the device identifier of the first device, and one or more indices associated with respective one or more trigger elements.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the device identifier is a media access control (MAC) address of the first device.

14. A method comprising:

receiving a trigger signal from a first device, wherein the trigger signal comprises a device identifier associated with a first device and information relating to one or more trigger elements of first content;

receiving a request for information from a second device;

associating the request for information with the trigger signal;

transmitting a request for second content to a content provider based upon the trigger signal and the request for information, wherein the second content relates to the one or more trigger elements of the first content; and

transmitting the second content to the second device via a packetized network.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the trigger signal is in ALOHA format.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein associating the request for information with the trigger signal comprises registering the second device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the registering the second device comprises receiving a user identifier from the second device and authenticating the user identifier.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the trigger signal comprises receiving the trigger signal by remote desktop protocol (RDP) or advanced remote desktop protocol (ARDP).

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the trigger signal comprises the device identifier associated with the first device, a link message, and one or more indices associated with respective one or more trigger elements.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the device identifier associated with the first device is a media access control (MAC) address of the first device.