Fingerprinting a television signal and displaying information concerning a program that is being transmitted by the television signal
AssigneeOats Technology, Inc.
InventorsSteven J. PONTILLO, Bruce ALLEN
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Abstract
There is provided a process that includes (a) receiving an identification of a television (TV) network, (b) obtaining a descriptor of a sporting event that is being transmitted by the TV network, (c) obtaining gambling statistics concerning the sporting event, and (d) sending the gambling statistics to a device for presentation on a target display. There is also provided a system that performs the process, and a storage device that contains instructions that cause a processor to perform the process.
Claims18
A process comprising:
- receiving an identification of a television (TV) network;
- obtaining a descriptor of a sporting event that is being transmitted by said TV network;
- obtaining gambling statistics concerning said sporting event;
- and
- sending said gambling statistics to a device for presentation on a target display.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that contains instructions that are readable by said processor to cause said processor to perform operations of:
- receiving an identification of a television (TV) network;
- obtaining a descriptor of a sporting event that is being transmitted by said TV network;
- obtaining gambling statistics concerning said sporting event;
- and
- sending said gambling statistics to a device for presentation on a target display.
A storage device comprising instructions that are readable by a processor to cause said processor to perform operations of:
- receiving an identification of a television (TV) network;
- obtaining a descriptor of a sporting event that is being transmitted by said TV network;
- obtaining gambling statistics concerning said sporting event;
- and
- sending said gambling statistics to a device for presentation on a target display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.