Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Matthew Nigel Carter

William Michael Mozell

David Seymour

Michelle Tze Hiang Chua

Shannon Yen Yun Lee

Preetinderpal Singh Mangat

Henry Stuart Denison Watson

Helen Lam

Sang Young Park

Jesse William Wesson

Michael Mahar

Remus Gabriel Radu

Dashan Yue

Darrin Adam Brown

Eric C Bridgwater

Tyler Bielman

David T Ferguson

Matthew Davy Walsh

Raymond Alexander Chi-Yue Lum

Michael James Perzel

Cameron David James McRae

Various enhanced interactive TV experiences are supported by a real-time TV service that can interact over a network with applications running on interactive TV platforms. The real-time television service enables data, video, and communication user interface (UI) elements to be supported alongside the linear TV content in three discrete navigational states, each with a specific role aligning to user intent. In the case of one particular UI element&#x2014;a focused companion panel&#x2014;a live stream of personalized data is supported that enhances the user's comprehension and awareness of live events. The real-time TV service can further enable users to opt in to certain customizable events and be served notifications on the TV screen on which their attention is directed, and follow the notification into an application that lands them on a specific piece of content that satisfies specific conditions.

Enhanced interactive television experiences

A system and method are disclosed for enhancing a linear broadcast of a network television program by automatically displaying alerts over the linear broadcast relating to web content determined to be of interest to the linear broadcast or user. The alert may include a link such that, once actioned upon, web content may be presented to the user in addition to the linear broadcast or in the place of the linear broadcast.

Intelligent routing of notifications to grouped devices

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Matthew Nigel Carter