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US 10,771,838 B2Granted
Supplemental services interface
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorArpit Mathur
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Abstract
Examples are described for integrating interface functionality with other experiences. For example, if a user is interested in a particular item of scheduled or on-demand content (e.g., a television series episode), the user may also be interested in a web page devoted to the television series and/or other extras such as cast interviews, news, related theme apps, and the like. These types of experiences may be integrated into an interface by presenting the experiences as supplemental services that may be presented and/or selected.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- at least a portion of a network, wherein the network is communicatively coupled between at least one computing device and another device;
- at least one data storage device communicatively coupled with the at least one computing device and storing first data associating a plurality of items of scheduled video content with a first plurality of services and with a second plurality of services;
- and
- the at least one computing device, wherein the at least one computing device comprises:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one computing device to:
- send, via the network, an indication of at least one of the plurality of items of scheduled video content and at least one of the first plurality of services associated with the at least one of the plurality of items of scheduled video content;
- receive, from the another device, a user selection of a first service of the first plurality of services;
- determine, based on the first data, whether a first item of scheduled video content, which is associated with the first service, is also associated with any of the second plurality of services;
- and
- send, via the network and based on determining that the first item of scheduled video content is associated with a second service of the second plurality of services, an indication of the second service.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
- send, via a network, an indication of at least one of a plurality of items of scheduled video content and at least one of a first plurality of services associated with the at least one of the plurality of items of scheduled video content;
- receive, from another device via the network, a user selection of a first service of the first plurality of services;
- determine, based on first data associating the plurality of items of scheduled video content with the first plurality of services and with a second plurality of services, whether a first item of scheduled video content, which is associated with the first service, is also associated with any of the second plurality of services;
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- send, via the network and based on determining that the first item of scheduled video content is associated with a second service of the second plurality of services, an indication of the second service.
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A method comprising:
- sending, via a network, an indication of at least one of a plurality of items of scheduled video content and at least one of a first plurality of services associated with the at least one of the plurality of items of scheduled video content;
- receiving, from another device via the network, a user selection of a first service of the first plurality of services;
- determining, based on first data associating the plurality of items of scheduled video content with the first plurality of services and with a second plurality of services, whether a first item of scheduled video content, which is associated with the first service, is also associated with any of the second plurality of services;
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- sending, via the network and based on determining that the first item of scheduled video content is associated with a second service of the second plurality of services, an indication of the second service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.