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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Tivo Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
James M. Barton, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian Lanier, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Assignee:
TiVo Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4725 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); G11B 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); G11B 27/3081 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4725 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04N 21/8166 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).