Method, system and computer program product for obtaining and displaying supplemental data about a displayed movie, show, event or video game

Abstract

Method, system and computer program product for providing additional information to a handheld device (HHD) about a displayed point of interest in video programming displayed on a multimedia display. A image of the video programming captured by a HHD camera can be used at a remote server to identify the video programming by matching it with archived programming. If identified, additional information related to the video programming can be obtained/provided. A region within a particular frame of displayed video programming can be selected at the HHD to access additional information about a point of interest associated with the region. The additional information can be displayed on the HHD or a secondary display, in response to selecting the region to access the additional information from a remote server.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) as a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 413,859, entitled “Method, System and Computer Program Product for Obtaining and Displaying Supplemental Data About a Display Movie, Show, Event or Video Game,” which was filed on Mar. 7, 2012, and which is incorporated herein in its entirety. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 413,859 is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 121976,148 and 13 / 345,382, which claim further priority to provisional filing and are both also incorporated herein in their entirety. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 976,148 claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 61 / 291,837, entitled “System and Methods for Obtaining Background Data Associated With a Movie, Show or Live Sporting Event,” which was filed on Dec. 31, 2009, and to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / ...

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Benefits of technology

[0015]In yet another embodiment, location information from a mobile device and / or profile information can be utilized by a remote server to locate at least one additional remote server to support supplemental data access by the mobile device. For example, an additional remote server located closer to the mobile device can reduce transmission inefficiencies associated with data networks and long distances. Furthermore, an additional remote server can be selected based on a profile associated with the registered user / mobile device so that information can be provided in different format pre-selected or related to the user / mobile device, such as a different language (e.g., in French or Spanish, instead of English).

Problems solved by technology

The problem is that the information is not quickly or easily retrievable and is not tied or synchronized with the video content for easy retrieval.

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