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Patent No.:

US 8984564 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2011

Method and system for dynamically inserting content information into a mobile tv application

Applicants:

Robert D. Tausworthe, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vernon Carter Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert D. Tausworthe, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vernon Carter Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Randy Flynn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/6112 (2013.01); H04N 21/8166 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method operates a mobile communication device configured for outputting a television application and displaying selected content within a television environment of the mobile communication device. The method includes initiating a TV application using a user interface coupled to the mobile communication device. The method also includes capturing a television signal using a tuning device provided in the mobile communication device. The television signal is one of a plurality of television signals from respective television channels. The method further includes outputting a TV program associated with the television signal for the captured television channel on a display of the mobile communication device. Additionally, the method includes retrieving a configurable content object from a database provided within the mobile communication device. The configurable content object is one of a plurality of configurable content objects numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 1.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tausworthe, Robert. (2015). Method and system for dynamically inserting content information into a mobile tv application (U.S. Patent No. 8984564). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8984564

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