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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2007
Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mithun Sheshagiri, Berkeley, CA (US);
Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Anugeetha Kunjithapatham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mithun Sheshagiri, Berkeley, CA (US);
Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Anugeetha Kunjithapatham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for providing access to information of potential interest to a user. Closed-caption information is analyzed to find related information on the Internet. User interactions with a TV which receives programming including closed-caption information are monitored to determine user interests. The related closed-caption information is analyzed to determine key information therein. The key information is used for searching for information in available resources such as the Internet, and the search results are used to make recommendations to the user about information of potential interest to the user.