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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:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ant Oztaskent, London, GB;

Yaroslav Volovich, London, GB;

Simon M. Rowe, London, GB;

Nicholas Salvatore Arini, London, GB;

Piotr Zielinski, London, GB;

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a secondary computing device, a request for enhanced content for a media program, the request comprising information indicative of a communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on a primary computing device; receiving broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for a plurality of communication channels; extracting, from the broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the plurality of communication channels, broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on the primary computing device; obtaining, based on the extracted broadcast information, a link to enhanced content for the media program; and sending, to the secondary computing device, the link to enhanced content for the media program.


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