Interactive Content with Enhanced Network Operator Control
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Harold Gray, Thomas Jefferson Brothers, William Randolph Matz
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, at a media device, a content signal sent to the media device from a data center via a network. The content signal includes a hot key signal indicating availability of alternate content. The method includes determining, at the media device, that the hot key signal is relevant to content sent by the media device to a display device. The method also includes sending, via the media device to the display device, a hot key associated with the hot key signal to the display device to be displayed with the content.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a media device, a content signal sent to the media device from a data center via a network, wherein the content signal includes a hot key signal indicating availability of alternate content;
- determining, at the media device, that the hot key signal is relevant to content sent by the media device to a display device;
- and
- in response to determining that the hot key signal is relevant to the content, sending, via the media device to the display device, a hot key associated with the hot key signal to the display device to be displayed with the content.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory accessible to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processor to:
- receive a content signal from a data center via a network, wherein the content signal includes a hot key signal indicating availability of alternate content;
- send content derived from the content signal to a display device;
- determine that the hot key signal is relevant to the content sent to the display device;
- and
- in response to determining that the hot key signal is relevant to the content, send a hot key associated with the hot key signal to the display device to be displayed with the content.
A processor readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
- receiving a content signal from a data center via a network, wherein the content signal comprises a hot key signal indicating availability of alternate content;
- sending content based on the content signal to a display device;
- determining that the hot key signal is relevant to the content sent to the display device;
- and
- in response to determining that the hot key signal is relevant to the content, sending a hot key associated with the hot key signal to the display device to be displayed with the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.