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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Michael Davidson, Seattle, WA (US);

Oliver A. Locke, Carnation, WA (US);

Anthony L. Baker, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Davidson, Seattle, WA (US);

Oliver A. Locke, Carnation, WA (US);

Anthony L. Baker, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

NBCUniversal Media, LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Video content, such as broadcast television, may be divided into segments, and each segment may be assigned a distinguishing Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The URL assigned to a segment allows a user to access the segment via the Internet. For example, a television news program may be broken into segments (e.g., each interview on the program might constitute a segment). For each segment, a code may be assigned, and may be appended to the broadcaster's domain name to create a distinct URL for the segment. While the segment is being broadcast, the URL may be displayed with the segment, thereby allowing a viewer to identify the segment and to locate an Internet version of the segment. Entering the URL into a browser may access an Internet version of the broadcast segment to which the URL pertains.


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