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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
James E. Allard, Seattle, WA (US);
James E. Allard, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A client device may receive a request from a remote control device to capture a still image from content in a broadcast received at the client device. The client device may capture the still image from the content in the broadcast responsive to the request. The still image is transmitted for receipt and display at the remote control device. Image data is received from the remote control device that includes a portion of the still image displayed at the remote control device. The portion of the still image is selected by a user via a user interface output at the remote control device and includes an object to be identified using image recognition.