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Closed-captioning universal resource locator (URL) capture system and method

US8312497B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2006
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2007/1739
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes receiving at a set-top box a broadcast signal including closed-captioning content. The closed-captioning content includes subtitles related to the broadcast signal and uniform resource locator (URL) data. The URL data is extracted from the closed-captioning content. The URL data is stored in a memory of the set-top box.

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