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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2001
Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Philip Shi-lung Yu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
David P. Greene, Ossining, NY (US);
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Philip Shi-lung Yu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
David P. Greene, Ossining, NY (US);
Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method, apparatus, and computer program code for providing content to a device, wherein operation of the device may be interrupted as a result of a display of content by the device. According to embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of content segments can be identified or selected. In addition, a device (e.g., computer, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant) associated with a recipient of the content segments can be identified or selected. The content segments can then be provided to the device in such a way that display of a content segment by the device may interrupt operation of the device, thereby providing focus on the content segment.