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US 12,407,893 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.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- generating, by a computing device, a user interface comprising a content item listing indicating titles of different video content items available from a plurality of different content streaming applications;
- updating the user interface, based on a user selection, via the user interface, of a video content item offered by a first content streaming application of the plurality of content streaming applications, to add an indication of a supplemental service, different from the plurality of content streaming applications, that provides additional information regarding the selected video content item offered by the first content streaming application;
- based on a user selection, via the user interface, of the indicated supplemental service, updating the user interface to add, in the content item listing, a listing of additional categories of information available from the supplemental service for the selected video content item;
- and
- causing the first content streaming application to stream the selected video content item to the computing device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform:
- generating a user interface comprising a content item listing indicating titles of different video content items available from a plurality of different content streaming applications;
- updating the user interface, based on a user selection, via the user interface, of a video content item offered by a first content streaming application of the plurality of content streaming applications, to add an indication of a supplemental service, different from the plurality of content streaming applications, that provides additional information regarding the selected video content item offered by the first content streaming application;
- based on a user selection, via the user interface, of the indicated supplemental service, updating the user interface to add, in the content item listing, a listing of additional categories of information available from the supplemental service for the selected video content item;
- and
- causing the first content streaming application to stream the selected video content item to the apparatus.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, configure a computing device to perform:
- generating a user interface comprising a content item listing indicating titles of different video content items available from a plurality of different content streaming applications;
- updating the user interface, based on a user selection, via the user interface, of a video content item offered by a first content streaming application of the plurality of content streaming applications, to add an indication of a supplemental service, different from the plurality of content streaming applications, that provides additional information regarding the selected video content item offered by the first content streaming application;
- based on a user selection, via the user interface, of the indicated supplemental service, updating the user interface to add, in the content item listing, a listing of additional categories of information available from the supplemental service for the selected video content item;
- and
- causing the first content streaming application to stream the selected video content item to the computing device.
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A system comprising:
- a first computing device and a second computing device,
- wherein the first computing device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first computing device to:
- generate a user interface comprising a content item listing indicating titles of different video content items available from a plurality of different content streaming applications;
- update the user interface, based on a user selection, via the user interface, of a video content item offered by a first content streaming application of the plurality of content streaming applications, to add an indication of a supplemental service, different from the plurality of content streaming applications, that provides additional information regarding the selected video content item offered by the first content streaming application;
- based on a user selection, via the user interface, of the indicated supplemental service, update the user interface to add, in the content item listing, a listing of additional categories of information available from the supplemental service for the selected video content item;
- and
- cause the first content streaming application to stream the selected video content item to the first computing device, and
- wherein the second computing device is configured to provide the first content streaming application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.