Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100031306 | MEDIA SOURCE MONITORING AND PARENTAL AWARDS - A content processing device selectively queries at least one remote device in response to a message received from a user device. The message includes an instruction to modify information in at least one user data set stored on a remote device. Modifying information includes providing an award to one or more users associated with the one or more data sets. | 02-04-2010 |
20100146558 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING STATUS UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE PENDING ORDERS - A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, at a set top box, one or more user request messages to display order status information from an input device. The system and method may then output, to a display device, the order status information in response to receiving the one or more user request messages. Further, the system and method may receive, at the set top box, one or more user selection messages from the input device. Even further, the system and method may transmit, to a server, one or more order status update request messages based on the one or more user selection messages received via a network. The system and method may output, to the display device, order status update information in response to the one or more order status update request messages. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153222 | PORTABLE DEVICE CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION - A portable device includes a data capture unit and a wireless communication circuit in communication with a control circuit. The data capture unit is configured to receive product information from a product identifier. The wireless communication circuit is configured to communicate with a vendor server storing an electronic catalog that includes a product associated with the product information. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION USING A SET TOP BOX - A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, at a server, user profile data associated with one or more set top boxes via a network. The system and method may then search for and select local advertisement content based on at least the user profile data. Further, the system and method may transmit, to the one or more set top boxes, the selected local advertisement content. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MULTI-PARTY SALE TRANSACTIONS USING RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONS (RFID) AND/OR BARCODES - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for detecting, via a wireless device, identification information associated with at least one of products and services, wherein the at least one products and services are identified based at least in part on the identification information. The system may also provide information associated with one or more of the identified products and services to a server and receive, from the server, solicited retail information associated with the one or more identified products and services offered by one or more retailers. In addition, the system may further display, via at least one of the wireless device, a set-top box and a display device, the solicited retail information associated with the one or more identified at least one of products and services offered by the one or more retailers to a user. | 06-24-2010 |
20100263015 | Wireless Interface for Set Top Box - A method includes receiving data from a service provider, where the data includes an interactive element. The method may also include outputting the data to an output device and receiving a voice command from a user, where the voice command is associated with the interactive element. The method may further include transmitting, via a wireless protocol, an instruction to a user device associated with the user, where the instruction indicates that a telephone call is to be placed from the user device or a text message is to be transmitted from the user device. | 10-14-2010 |
20110138412 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA CONTENT INSTANCE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE - An exemplary method includes presenting, by a media content delivery system, an advertisement for a media content instance that is accessible only at or after a scheduled release time, receiving, by the media content delivery system, a request input by a user to purchase access to the media content instance, and providing, by the media content delivery system in response to the received request, enhanced content associated with the media content instance for experiencing by the user before the scheduled release time. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110247037 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED CONTENT BY WAY OF A VIRTUAL CHANNEL - Exemplary methods and systems for providing enhanced content by way of a virtual channel are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem providing a virtual channel, associating the virtual channel with a content provider, receiving enhanced content to be provided by way of the virtual channel from the content provider, associating one or more selectable triggers with the virtual channel, and providing a user with access to the enhanced content in response to a selection by the user of one of the one or more selectable triggers. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 10-06-2011 |
20130013698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA CONTENT BETWEEN USERS - An exemplary system includes a first user device associated with a first user and a second user device associated with a second user. The first user device is configured to detect a request input by the first user to share media content being processed by the user device with the second user, generate an invite message including data configured to be utilized by the second user device to access the media content, and send the invite message to the second user device by way of a messaging service. The second user device is configured to receive the invite message from the first user device by way of the messaging service, determine that the invite message is associated with a media sharing service, and perform one or more operations to facilitate access to the media content by the second user. Corresponding methods, systems, and apparatus are also disclosed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130132999 | PROGRAMMING BASED INTERACTIVE CONTENT - A method may include receiving an identification of a device; receiving at least one of device information, which includes a location of the device or a viewing history for the device, or preference information, which includes preferences by a user or a third party, associated with the identification of the device from the device; identifying interactive content based on the at least one of the device information or the preference information; and receiving trigger information, which includes a time and a place for a trigger, the trigger information to identify an event relating to a provisioning of video content. The method may further include mapping the identification of the device and the identified interactive content with the trigger information; detecting that the event has occurred; and sending the identified interactive content based on the mapping and the trigger information. | 05-23-2013 |