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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);
Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Priyang Rathod, Mountain View, CA (US);
Phuong Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Messer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30796 (2013.01); G06F 17/3082 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for providing access to information of potential interest to a user. Closed-caption information is analyzed to find related information on the Internet. User interactions with a TV which receives programming including closed-caption information are monitored to determine user interests or topics.