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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:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2008
Applicants:

David P. Ress, Cary, NC (US);

Dominic Goodwill, Kanata, CA;

Inventors:

David P. Ress, Cary, NC (US);

Dominic Goodwill, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

GENBAND US LLC, Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/47815 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/8583 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01);
Abstract

A personalized content overlay is generated and sent for display to a subscriber. The content overlay may be generated in response to a request by the subscriber, such as a request to watch a program. The content overlay can include personalized information tailored to the subscriber based on subscriber information. The content overlay can also include information obtained from a third party, such as an advertiser, that has a preexisting relationship with the subscriber. The content overlay can include one or more triggers that, when activated by the subscriber, enable interactivity between the subscriber and a third party.


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