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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:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Sudhanshu Sharma, Coppell, TX (US);

Karthic Chinnadurai, Chennai, IN;

Vedhashree Sampath, Chennai, IN;

Shrividhyaa Kannan, Chennai, IN;

Inventors:

Sudhanshu Sharma, Coppell, TX (US);

Karthic Chinnadurai, Chennai, IN;

Vedhashree Sampath, Chennai, IN;

Shrividhyaa Kannan, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/818 (2013.01); H04N 21/42684 (2013.01); H04N 21/4756 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include receiving an enhanced television (ETV) application in a video client over a first data path and executing the ETV application in the video client. In one embodiment, the ETV application may include an enhanced television binary interchange format (EBIF) resource. The method may also include extracting, from the EBIF resource, an identifier of an extension application and requesting the identified extension application. The method may include receiving the extension application, over a second data path different than the first data path and executing the extension application.


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