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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Nbcuniversal Media, Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Beckett, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Howard Shirokmann, Point Pleasant, NJ (US);
Sanjay Macwan, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 65/604 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method for controlling output of a function in response to media content, the method comprising obtaining function information from another party, the function information comprising a content trigger and information related to a particular function associated with the content trigger, receiving the media content when it is reproduced by an external output device, and causing an external terminal to perform the particular function when the content trigger is included in the reproduced media content.