US 8,713,599 B2 · Content display system

Abstract

A portable device includes solid-state memory, an Ethernet and/or wireless network connection, and an HDMI. The portable device receives content guide data from a first server and displays a content guide on a display. In response to a user's selection of a content item, the portable device requests the content item over the Internet from a second server. The portable device receives the content item, stores the content item in solid-state memory, generates display signals that represent the content item, and sends the display signals to a display. The second server may match the content item with relevant advertisements based on keywords associated with the content item and the advertisements. The second server may send selected advertisement URLs to the portable device. Using the URLs, the portable device may obtain the advertisements over the Internet and cause the display to display the advertisements in conjunction with the content item.

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Dependent claims

A method for distributing content, the method comprising:

receiving, at a device, over the Internet, content data that represents the content;
in response to receiving the content data storing the content data in a memory of the device;
generating, at the device, display signals based on the content data stored in the memory;
sending the display signals from the device to a display;
prior to the generating step, receiving a set of timepoints relating to the content at the device;
and
during presentation of the content data by the device, for each timepoint in the set of timepoints determined to be reached in the content data:
notifying a server, over the Internet, that the timepoint has been reached;
receiving, from the server, over the Internet, in response to the device notifying the server that the timepoint has been reached, an identification of one or more particular content;
in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular content from the server over the Internet at the device, interrupting presentation of the content and presenting the one or more particular content;
and
after presenting the one or more particular content, resuming presentation of the content.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

receiving, at a device, over the Internet, content data that represents the content;
in response to receiving the content data, storing the content data in a memory of the device;
generating, at the device, display signals based on the content data stored in the memory;
sending the display signals from the device to a display;
prior to the generating step, receiving a set of timepoints relating to the content at the device;
and
during presentation of the content data by the device, for each timepoint in the set of timepoints determined to be reached in the content data:
notifying a server, over the Internet, that the timepoint has been reached;
receiving, from the server, over the Internet, in response to the device notifying the server that the timepoint has been reached, an identification of one or more particular content;
in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular content from the server over the Internet at the device, interrupting presentation of the content and presenting the one or more particular content;
and
after presenting the one or more particular content, resuming presentation of the content.

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An apparatus, comprising:

a subsystem, at a device, implemented at least partially in hardware, that receives over the Internet, content data that represents the content;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that, in response to receiving the content data, stores the content data in a memory of the device;
a display signal subsystem, at the device, implemented at least partially in hardware, that generates, display signals based on the content data stored in the memory, the display signal subsystem sends the display signals from the device to a display;
a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that, prior to the display signal subsystem generating display signals based on the content data, receives a set of timepoints relating to the content at the device;
and
a subsystem, at the device, implemented at least partially in hardware, that, during presentation of the content data by the device, for each timepoint in the set of timepoints determined to be reached in the content data:
notifies a server, over the Internet, that the timepoint has been reached;
receives, from the server, over the Internet, in response to the device notifying the server that the timepoint has been reached, an identification of one or more particular content;
in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular content from the server over the Internet at the device, interrupts presentation of the content and presenting the one or more particular content;
and
after presenting the one or more particular content, resumes presentation of the content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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