Method and system for retrieving online content in an interactive television environment
OwnerMaarten Boudewijn Heilbron, Peter Werner Ratsch +2inventors
InventorsMaarten Boudewijn Heilbron, Peter Werner Ratsch, Sean MacLean Murray, Jeffrey Clarke
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Abstract
Method for retrieving online content in an interactive environment. The method is executable by a computing device. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of descriptive information elements; parsing at least some of the descriptive information elements into one or more subsets of information elements associated with respective information categories; retrieving online content for each of the one or more subsets of information elements; and causing the retrieved online content to be presented to a user.
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A method executable by at least one computing entity, comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of descriptive information elements;
- parsing at least some of the descriptive information elements into one or more subsets of information elements associated with respective information categories;
- retrieving online content for each of the one or more subsets of information elements;
- and
- causing the retrieved online content to be presented to a user.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for execution by a computing device, wherein execution of the set of instructions by the computing device causes the computing device to execute a method that includes:
- obtaining a plurality of descriptive information elements;
- parsing at least some of the descriptive information elements into one or more subsets of information elements associated with respective information categories;
- retrieving online content for each of the one or more subsets of information elements;
- and
- causing the retrieved online content to be presented to a user.
A method executable by a computing device, comprising:
- obtaining descriptive information for a media element;
- parsing the descriptive information into one or more categorized information subsets associated with respective content groups;
- retrieving online content pertaining to each of the content groups based on the respective one of the one or more categorized information subsets;
- and
- causing the online content for each of the content groups to be presented to a user.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for execution by a computing device, wherein execution of the set of instructions by the computing device causes the computing device to execute a method that includes:
- obtaining descriptive information for a media element;
- parsing the descriptive information into one or more categorized information subsets associated with respective content groups;
- retrieving online content pertaining to each of the content groups based on the respective one of the one or more categorized information subsets;
- and
- causing the online content for each of the content groups to be presented to a user.
A method for delivering interactivity to viewers of television programs, comprising:
- receiving a request for interactivity from a viewer of a television program;
- obtaining descriptive information associated with the television program;
- parsing the descriptive information into subsets associated with respective categories;
- retrieving categorized online content on a basis of the descriptive information in each respective subset;
- and
- formatting the categorized online content for delivery to the viewer.
Apparatus for delivering interactivity to viewers of television programs, comprising:
- an interface configured to receive a request for interactivity from a viewer of a television program;
- an interactivity manager configured to obtain descriptive information associated with the television program, to parse the descriptive information into subsets associated with respective categories and to retrieve categorized online content on a basis of the descriptive information in each respective subset;
- and
- a formatting entity configured to format the categorized online content for delivery to the viewer.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for execution by a computing device, wherein execution of the set of instructions by the computing device causes the computing device to execute a method for delivering interactivity to viewers of television programs, the method including:
- receiving, over a communication channel, a request for interactivity from a viewer of a television program;
- obtaining descriptive information associated with the television program;
- parsing the descriptive information into subsets associated with respective categories;
- retrieving categorized online content on a basis of the descriptive information in each respective subset;
- and
- formatting the categorized interactive content for delivery to the viewer over the communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.