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Video searching using TV and user interfaces therefor

US8589982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 3, 2011
Grant dateNov 19, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4828
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Using a TV, a viewer watching broadcast TV or Internet video content on a display can select a “Video Search” application indicating viewer desire to obtain information about a currently playing video program. The application is invoked to send a name of the currently playing video program to a server on the Internet and associated with a database to cause the server to execute a search only of the database associated with the Internet server and not to execute a search of the Internet. The server returns metadata related to the currently playing vided program, which is presented on the display along with the currently playing video program.

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