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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:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Benedict John Davies, London, GB;
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2013.01); H04N 21/252 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/632 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for enhancing program-viewing experience with viewership, message, and supplemental data include receiving a program identifier for a media program to be viewed; receiving one or more of viewership, message, and/or supplemental data relating to the media program; compiling the viewership, message, and/or supplemental data with the program identifier; storing the viewership, message, and/or supplemental data in a memory in association with the program identifier; and providing display data representing the viewership, message, and/or supplemental data and the program identifier.