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A technology of content and content processor, applied in the direction of broadcasting services for monitoring/marking/identification, selective content distribution, TV system components, etc., can solve the problem of lack of experience in TV content, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2012-12-26
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG
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However, this is a daunting and tiring task and may not result in a desirable experience for the user, as the content may only be accessible on devices that are not the preferred content access device
For example, a manual search of a content provider's website for previously aired episodes of a particular TV show may result in those episodes being only accessible on computers and not on TV
This may not be acceptable to some viewers due to screen size and inexperience with using a computer to access TV content

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[0018] The subject matter is now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the subject matter. It may be evident, however, that the subject embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the embodiments.

[0019] As used in this application, the term "component" is intended to refer to hardware or a combination of hardware and software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object or an executable running on a processor and / or a microchip, and the like. By way of illustration, both an application running on a processor and the processor...

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A method and system of providing access to related content includes a primary display that is tuned to a desired program. Information that identifies the desired program is retrieved from an electronic program guide using a content processor. A plurality of locations on a communication network are automatically searched for additional episodes of the desired program using the retrieved information via an interne interface. Links for accessing the additional episodes of the tune program are provided via a user interface display processor on a secondary display.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application Serial No. 61 / 306,190, filed February 19, 2010, and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. technical field [0003] The present arrangement provides a system and method for automatically searching and retrieving information from at least one source associated with user-selected content. Background technique [0004] As the number of media content series (eg, television series) available to individuals increases, it is increasingly likely that users will not hear about the series until after the first episode or even several seasons have aired. Thus, problems arise when a user is accessing a later episode of a media content series and the user has missed previous episodes that may be important to fully enjoy the currently accessed content. This problem is exacerbated by the number of media providers and media stations that ...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N21/422H04N21/433H04N21/466H04N21/4722
CPCH04N21/4722H04H60/65H04N21/4331H04H60/72H04N21/485H04N5/44513H04N21/4668H04N7/163H04N21/42204H04N21/47H04N5/445H04N7/16H04N21/4122H04N21/466
Inventor J.坎布利S.M.安思鲁D.A.坎帕纳D.B.安德森I.曼德雷卡
Owner INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG