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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method includes a user device and a content processing system receiving content from a content provider, assigning a material identification to the content, receiving content information different than the content, associating the content information and the content and communicating the content information and material identification to the user device. The user device forms a menu from the content information and associated material identification, generates a menu selection from the menu, and communicates the material identification associated with the menu selection to the content processing system. The content processing system communicates the content corresponding to the menu selection to the user device.