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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Dang Van Tran, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Yingnan Zhu, Irvine, CA (US);

Xing Zheng, Irvine, CA (US);

Jaffar Khoshgozaran, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dang Van Tran, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Yingnan Zhu, Irvine, CA (US);

Xing Zheng, Irvine, CA (US);

Jaffar Khoshgozaran, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for enhancing full-app content playing on a first device, the method comprising: receiving a first selection of a first item from a first micro-app; receiving a second selection of a second item from a second micro-app, wherein the second micro-app is different than the first micro-app and the second selection is in a different format than the first selection; retrieving item context information regarding the first item; retrieving item context information regarding the second item; issuing a query to a micro-app partner based upon both the item context information regarding the first item and the item context information regarding the second item; receiving results from the micro-app partner; and causing at least a portion of the results to be displayed or played.


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