# US 8,540,574 B1 · Navigation aware news service > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,540,574 B1 - Document ID: US8540574B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 09/580,582 - Filed: 2000-05-30 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2000-05-30 - Assignees: Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l. - Applicants: Toni Kopra - Inventors: Toni Kopra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540574B1 ## CPC - H04N 21/488: Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)} - G06Q 50/34: Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - G07F 17/3223: {Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication} - G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking} - H04N 21/44224: {Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A mobile terminal simultaneously receives an interactive service, such as a betting service, and a web-based news service operating in conjunction with the interactive service across a wireless connection. Both services are simultaneously displayed in different windows on the same display of the mobile terminal. The user's selections, navigation of pages and other input in the interactive service are monitored and used to select related news items for a scrolling news frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing targeted content to a user, the method comprising the steps of: providing content to the user across a wireless connection, wherein the content includes: an interactive betting service; and a news service operating in conjunction with the betting service; monitoring the user's navigation through the content provided to determine content targeted by the user; identifying at least one keyword associated with the content targeted by the user; searching a database associated with the content for information relevant to the keyword; providing the information to the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content targeted by the user is part of the betting services. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of: using the news service to monitor the user's navigation through the betting service; and updating a scrolling news frame portion of the news service with the information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the content targeted by the user is part of the news services. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 further comprising the steps of: using the news service to monitor the user's interaction with the information; and providing the user with detailed news information upon the user's selection of the information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing content further includes the step of providing at least one of odds, stakes, current bets made by betters, a number of currently participating bettors, and betting windows. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of: monitoring the user's betting selections when related news service data is not available; and monitoring the user's betting selections when related news service data is available. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 wherein the user's betting selection includes at least one navigation selection and one other input from the user that is tracked by the news service. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of: integrating betting service data and news service data into one signal transmitted over the wireless connection; and separating, at least in part, the integrated signal into the betting service data and the news service data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword is entered by the user to target the content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword is derived from the navigation selections of the user while interacting with the betting service. ### Claim 12 An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: provide content to the user across a wireless connection, wherein the content includes: a betting service; and a news service operating in conjunction with the betting service; monitor the user's navigation through the content provided to determine content targeted by the user based on the user's selection of the content; identify at least one keyword associated with the content targeted by the user; search a database associated with the content for information relevant to the keyword; provide the information to the user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to: initiate transmission of betting data, as part of the betting service, in real-time from the betting service to be displayed to the user; initiate transmission of at least one of the betting selections and other input the user makes via the betting service to the news service; and register the betting selections into at least one of log file and a database. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein real-time betting data includes at least one of odds, stakes, current bets made by bettors, a number of currently participating bettors, and betting windows. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the apparatus is further caused to: integrate the betting service data and the news service data into one signal; and separate the integrated signal into the betting service data and the news service data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the keyword is inputted by the user.