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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Barry Jay Weber, Carmel, IN (US);
Jennifer Lynn Kolar, Seattle, WA (US);
Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe, Fishers, IN (US);
Barry Jay Weber, Carmel, IN (US);
Jennifer Lynn Kolar, Seattle, WA (US);
Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe, Fishers, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for searching for a media content related to a selected media service. A selected media service, as selected by a user operable indicator, has related metadata that is used as the basis of a search query. Once the search query is formulated, the query is submitted to a search engine that returns search results of media content related to the selected media service. Media content then may be selected from the returned search results for rendering in a rendering environment.