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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:

Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael George Lenahan, Moraga, CA (US);

Amanda Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ben Lucas Mitchell, Oakland, CA (US);

Chahn Chung, San Francisco, CA (US);

Linda Young, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); G06F 16/284 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H04N 21/2542 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/42208 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4394 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a first user in a first portion of the display device, and the product-related metadata is communicated to a second display device for presentation to a second user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content in the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device, the user commentary generated by the second user and associated with the program content or product-related metadata.


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