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Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to provide secondary content in association with primary broadcast media content

US10003846B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2014
Grant dateJun 19, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H2201/40
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to provide media content are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving an audio signal output by a first media presentation device, the audio signal being associated with first media content, decoding the audio signal to extract a code from the audio signal, the code identifying at least one of the first media content or a broadcaster of the first media content, setting a clock using a timestamp associated with the code, obtaining second media content based on the code and the timestamp, the second media content comprising a plurality of pieces of secondary content for respective ones of a plurality of timestamps, and presenting, at a second media presentation device, a first of the plurality of pieces of secondary media when its respective timestamp substantially corresponds to a time value obtained from the clock.

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