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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:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Millard E Sweatt, Iii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Don Woodward, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chris E Matichuk, San Jose, CA (US);
Gurminder Sunner, San Jose, CA (US);
Alain Regnier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sunil Mohan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Millard E Sweatt, III, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Don Woodward, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chris E Matichuk, San Jose, CA (US);
Gurminder Sunner, San Jose, CA (US);
Alain Regnier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sunil Mohan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. An application program interface allows the various web servers and portals to take advantage of the system. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.