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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Shemimon Manalikudy Anthru, Dayton, NJ (US);

David Anthony Campana, Princeton, NJ (US);

David Brian Anderson, Florence, NJ (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Shemimon Manalikudy Anthru, Dayton, NJ (US);

David Anthony Campana, Princeton, NJ (US);

David Brian Anderson, Florence, NJ (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04H 60/72 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04H 60/65 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 5/44513 (2013.01); H04H 60/72 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04H 60/65 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of providing access to related content includes a primary display that is tuned to a desired program. Information that identifies the desired program is retrieved from an electronic program guide using a content processor. A plurality of locations on a communication network are automatically searched for additional episodes of the desired program using the retrieved information via an interne interface. Links for accessing the additional episodes of the tune program are provided via a user interface display processor on a secondary display.


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