Apparatus and method for providing televison services using an aggregator
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorJerald Howcroft
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method, and computer programs for obtaining content from a communications network. One aspect of the disclosure includes: storing an aggregator on a Set Top Box (STB) associated with a television set, wherein the aggregator is adapted to obtain content corresponding to a plurality of feeds from a communications network; displaying the plurality of feeds on the television set in response to a first input received by the STB; accepting at the STB a selection of at least one feed from the plurality of feeds; obtaining content from the communications network corresponding to the selected at least one feed; and providing the obtained content for display on the television set.
Claims26
A computer-readable medium accessible to a processor for executing instructions contained in a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to access an aggregator at a device associated with a television set to obtain content corresponding to a plurality of feeds from a communications network;
- instructions to display the plurality of feeds on a television set in response to a first input;
- instructions to select at least one feed from the plurality of feeds in response to a second input;
- instructions to obtain content corresponding to the selected feed from the communications network using the aggregator;
- and
- instructions to display the obtained content on the television set.
An apparatus for displaying content obtained over a communications network on a television set, comprising:
- a processor;
- a first computer program including an aggregator, accessible to the processor, to obtain content corresponding to a plurality of feeds from the communications network;
- a second computer program, accessible to the processor, the second computer program comprising:
- instructions to display the plurality of feeds on the television set in response to a first input;
- instructions to select at least one feed from the plurality of feeds in response to a second input;
- instructions to obtain content corresponding to the selected feed from the network using the aggregator;
- and
- instructions to display the obtained content on the television set.
A method for providing a television service, comprising:
- storing an aggregator on a Set Top Box (STB) associated with a television set, wherein the aggregator is adapted to obtain content corresponding to a plurality of feeds from a communications network;
- displaying the plurality of feeds on the television set in response to a first input received by the STB;
- accepting at the STB a selection of at least one feed from the plurality of feeds;
- obtaining content from the communications network corresponding to the selected at least one feed;
- and
- providing the obtained content for display on the television set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.