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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Matthew J. Thompson, Torrance, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Thompson, Torrance, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/222 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for sharing television data includes a first device and an encoded content identifier module in communication with the first device generating an encoded content identifier for a content and communicating the encoded content identifier to a first device through a network. The first device includes a user interface for selecting the content identifier. The first device performs a function in response to a type of device, the encoded content identifier and selecting the content identifier.