US 9,438,943 B2 · Method and apparatus for providing customized information

Abstract

A method for providing customized information to a plurality of portable communication devices. A customer premises equipment (CPE) synchronizes with at least one of the plurality of portable communication devices. The CPE extracts descriptive data of media content stored in the at least one portable communication device. The CPE searches for a descriptive data of content available at the CPE based on the descriptive data extracted from the at least one portable communication device. The CPE determines that the extracted descriptive data matches the descriptive data of content available at the CPE. The CPE makes the content available to the at least one portable communication device.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing customized information to a portable communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a portable communication device and by a customer premises equipment (CPE), an identifier of the portable communication device;
identifying, by the CPE, metadata of media content stored in the portable communication device, wherein at least a portion of the media content stored in the portable communication device is not broadcast to the CPE;
searching, by the CPE, for broadcast content that has been or will be broadcast by a broadcaster based on the metadata;
determining, by the CPE and based on the searching, that the identified metadata matches descriptive data of broadcast content that has been or will be broadcast by a broadcaster at a specified broadcast time;
and
providing, by the CPE, the broadcast content to the portable communication device in response to the determination that the metadata matches the descriptive data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for providing customized information

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Method and apparatus for providing customized information

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