Method and systems for checking that purchasable items are compatible with user equipment

A system for providing a purchase opportunity for a purchasable item related to a media program to different categories of user equipment, the system comprising:

• a communication circuit configured to:
• receive a request from a user equipment, and
• communicate a media program and a purchase opportunity for a purchasable item related to the media program to the user equipment;
• and
• a processor circuit that executes machine instructions to:
• determine a category of user equipment for the user equipment,
• identify a purchasable item, wherein the identifying is based at least in part on the category of user equipment and wherein the purchasable item is related to the media program, and
• provide a purchase opportunity for the identified purchasable item to the communication circuit for transmission to the user equipment, wherein the user equipment is configured to determine whether the purchasable item is supported by the user equipment, and wherein the user equipment is configured to discard the purchase opportunity if the purchasable item is determined to be not supported by the user equipment, and is configured to not discard the purchase opportunity if the purchasable item is determined to be supported by the user equipment.

A system for presenting purchase opportunities for purchasable items through an interactive program guide, the system comprising:

• a storage containing a plurality of purchase opportunities for purchasable items, wherein the purchasable items are related to a television program and wherein the purchasable items are associated with categories of user equipment;
• a communication circuit configured to communicate purchase opportunities;
• a processor that executes machine instructions to identify purchasable items based on their applicability to one category from the categories of user equipment;
• and
• an interactive program guide that provides an indication to a user equipment that purchase opportunities for the identified purchasable items related to the television program are available, wherein the user equipment is configured to determine whether the identified purchasable items are supported by the user equipment, and wherein the user equipment is configured to discard the indication if the purchasable items are determined to be not supported by the user equipment, and is configured to not discard the purchase opportunity if the purchasable item is determined to be supported by the user equipment.

A method for presenting purchase opportunities for a plurality of purchasable items through an interactive program guide, the method comprising:

• accessing a plurality of purchase opportunities for the plurality of purchasable items, wherein the plurality of purchasable items are related to a television program and wherein the plurality of purchasable items are associated with categories of user equipment;
• identifying, using a processor, purchasable items from the plurality of purchasable items based on their applicability to one category from the categories of user equipment;
• and
• providing, to a user equipment, an indication that purchase opportunities for the identified purchasable items related to the television program are available through an interactive program guide, wherein the user equipment determines whether the identified purchasable items are supported by the user equipment, and wherein the user equipment discards the indication if the purchasable items are determined to be not supported by the user equipment, and does not discard the purchase opportunity if the purchasable item is determined to be supported by the user equipment.