Invention Grant
US08160064B2 Systems and methods for providing a network link between broadcast content and content located on a computer network
有权
用于在广播内容和位于计算机网络上的内容之间提供网络链接的系统和方法
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing a network link between broadcast content and content located on a computer network
- Patent Title (中): 用于在广播内容和位于计算机网络上的内容之间提供网络链接的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12603897Application Date: 2009-10-22
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Publication No.: US08160064B2Publication Date: 2012-04-17
- Inventor: Michael Kokernak , Madeleine Noland , Colin Campbell , Gordon Bechtel
- Applicant: Michael Kokernak , Madeleine Noland , Colin Campbell , Gordon Bechtel
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: Backchannelmedia Inc.
- Current Assignee: Backchannelmedia Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston
- Agency: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC
- Main IPC: H04L12/00
- IPC: H04L12/00 ; H04N7/00

Abstract:
The invention relates, in various aspects, to systems and methods for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network. The system includes a database, a trigger mechanism, a communications interface, and a packet generator. The database stores tokens representative of links to the stored content and delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering the token. The trigger mechanism indicates an instruction to deliver a token over the television network, generating a signal indicating a respective one of the stored tokens and a time for starting the delivery of the respective token. The communications interface has a channel in communication with a television set top box device for transferring the respective token to the television set top box device. The packet generator generates packets within a stream of television content to be broadcast over the television network.
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