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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:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Millennial Media, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jorey Ramer, Danville, CA (US);

Adam Soroca, Cambridge, MA (US);

Dennis Doughty, Brookline, MA (US);

Assignee:

Millennial Media, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/487 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.10); H04M 3/42348 (2013.01); H04M 3/4878 (2013.01); H04N 21/2407 (2013.10);
Abstract

A system for presenting targeted search results to a mobile communication facility, the system configured to perform the steps of (a) receiving information relating to a viewing history of television content including a plurality of episodes from a series viewed by a user; (b) receiving from the mobile communication facility a search request containing a word; (c) determining that the word is more contextually relevant to the series than search results unrelated to the series, wherein the determination is based on the received viewing history of television content; and (d) transmitting to the mobile communication facility information corresponding to a viewing source for one or more episodes of the series not yet viewed by the user, wherein display of the information corresponding to the viewing source is prioritized over display of the search results unrelated to the series.


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