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US 2013/0276013 A1Published application
Using Multimedia Search to Identify what Viewers are Watching on Television
OwnerWenlong Liinventor
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Abstract
A television program currently being watched can be identified by extracting at least one decoded frame from a television transmission. The frame can be transmitted to a separate mobile device for requesting an image search and for receiving the search results. The search results can be used to identify the program, and the user's social networking friends can be notified of the program identification.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- detecting occurrence of an event;
- in response to detecting an event, automatically capturing an electronic decoded signal from a television program;
- and
- performing a search using said signal to facilitate identification of the television program.
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At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to enable a computer to:
- detect the occurrence of an event;
- in response to detection of an event, automatically capture an electronic decoded signal from a television program;
- and
- initiate a search using said signal to facilitate identification of the television program.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor to detect the occurrence of an event, automatically capture an electronic signal from a television program in response to said event, and transmit the signal for use as an input for a keyword search;
- and
- a storage coupled to said processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.