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US 8,943,514 B2Granted
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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDang Van Tran, Yingnan Zhu, Xing Zheng, Jaffar Khoshgozaran
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Abstract
A method includes retrieving content playing or to be played by a full-app and/or a micro-app. Additional context information is determined for the content. The content is augmented with the additional context information. The augmented context information is sent to a first micro-app for use in retrieving additional content to play or display along with the content.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- downloading a full-app, wherein the full-app is configured to display full-app content and obtain original context based on the full-app content;
- downloading a first micro-app, wherein the micro-app is configured to run simultaneously with the full-app content;
- intercepting, by the middle partner, the full-app content;
- determining additional context information for the full-app content;
- augmenting the full-app content and the original context with the additional context information
- determining, by the middle partner, additional context information for the content;
- augmenting the content and the original context with the additional context information;
- and
- sending the augmented context information to a first micro-app in lieu of the original context for use in retrieving additional content to play or display along with the content;
- wherein the middle partner includes a second micro-app that queries an external database.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a full-app downloaded from an app store using the processor, wherein the full-app is configured to display full-app content on a display and obtain original context based on the full-app content;
- a first micro-app downloaded from the app store using the processor, wherein the micro-app is configured to run simultaneously with the full-app content being displayed on the display;
- a middle partner using another processor to:
- intercept the full-app content;
- determine additional context information for the full-app content;
- augment the full-app content and the original context with the additional context information;
- and
- send the augmented context information to the first micro-app in lieu of the original context for use in retrieving additional content to play or display simultaneously with the content,
- wherein the middle partner includes a second micro-app that queries an external database.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- downloading a full-app using the processor, wherein the full-app is configured to display full-app content and obtain original context based on the full-app content;
- downloading a first micro-app using the processor, wherein the micro-app is configured to run simultaneously with the full-app content;
- means for retrieving, by a middle partner using the processor, full-app content;
- means for obtaining original context information for the content;
- means for determining, by the middle partner, additional context information for the content;
- means for augmenting the content and the original context with the additional context information;
- and
- means for sending the augmented context information to a first micro-app in lieu of the original context for use in retrieving additional content to play or display along with the content,
- wherein the middle partner includes a second micro-app that queries an external database.
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A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:
- downloading a full-app, wherein the full-app is configured to display full-app content and obtain original context based on the full-app content;
- downloading a first micro-app, wherein the micro-app is configured to run simultaneously with the full-app content;
- intercepting, by the middle partner, the full-app content;
- determining, by the middle partner, additional context information for the content;
- augmenting the content and the original context with the additional context information;
- and
- sending the augmented context information to a first micro-app in lieu of the original context for use in retrieving additional content to play or display along with the content;
- wherein the middle partner includes a second micro-app that queries an external database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.