Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Laboratories Inc.

Verizon Services Corporation

Verizon Services Organization Inc.

Maitreyi Krishnaswamy

Anil Krishna Guntupalli

Shafiq Kassam

Raul I Aldrey

Prabhakar Mani

Enrique Ruiz-Velasco

Joel Stephen Angiolillo

Christina Lynn Fyock

David Anthony Philbin

Diego J Crespo

Edwin Elberg

Luis R Blando

Michael R Flynn

Anup Nanda

Brian McDonald

A content processing device is configured to store a parameter indicative of a content preference of a system user, to request and receive data relating to the stored parameter, to receive an incoming video signal, and to provide to a video display at least a portion of the video signal and a data interface including at least a subset of the data.

Interactive data widgets for video

A content processing device within a customer premises is connected to a first network internal to the customer premises and is also connected to a second network external to the customer premises. The content processing device is configured to download via the second network, and then to execute, instructions to detect a computing device within the first network and then to request selectively specified media content from the computing device, whereby the specified media content is retrieved from the computing device via the first network.

Media manager

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing polling related data to viewers in an interactive cable televisions system. Users viewing a program can initiate a request for participating in a polling activity. The request and other program-related information are sent to the cable television system provider. Appropriate polling window data is returned to the set top box allowing a polling window to be displayed to the viewer. The viewer may choose one or several selections, and transmit the response to the cable television system provider. User responses can be tallied and presented in real time to the viewer audience. Program producers can incorporate the results of viewer feedback in real-time allowing the outcome of the program to be based on the collective viewer feedback.

Systems and methods for real-time interactive television polling

Systems and methods according to preferred embodiments enable a subscriber to participate in fantasy league competitions with other subscribers of the service, and to view other broadcasts simultaneously with fantasy league data on one or more televisions. A service provider enables the creation of a fantasy league related to real activities. One or more teams are associated with the fantasy league and players are then assigned to each of the created teams. In one embodiment, the teams are configured via a television interface and a remote control. Fantasy league data is tracked for each team based on participation of the team's assigned players in the real activities. Television broadcasts are then displayed simultaneously with fantasy league data on the television, a service that is not possible or practical in conventional television systems.

Systems and methods for fantasy league service via television

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New York, NY, United States of America

Maitreyi Krishnaswamy