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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Michael Kokernak, Dorcester, MA (US);
Madeleine Noland, Qunicy, MA (US);
Colin Campbell, Norwood, GB;
Gordon Bechtel, Newburyport, MA (US);
Michael Kokernak, Dorcester, MA (US);
Madeleine Noland, Qunicy, MA (US);
Colin Campbell, Norwood, GB;
Gordon Bechtel, Newburyport, MA (US);
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates, in various aspects, to systems and methods for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network. The system includes a database, a trigger mechanism, a communications interface, and a packet generator. The database stores tokens representative of links to the stored content and delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering the token. The trigger mechanism indicates an instruction to deliver a token over the television network, generating a signal indicating a respective one of the stored tokens and a time for starting the delivery of the respective token. The communications interface has a channel in communication with a television, set top box device for transferring the respective token to the television set top box device. The packet generator generates packets within a stream of television content to be broadcast over the television network.