Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cross-platform interface for a television device
- Patent Title (中): 电视设备的跨平台接口
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Application No.: US14069277Application Date: 2013-10-31
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Publication No.: US09479832B2Publication Date: 2016-10-25
- Inventor: Ronald Jacoby , Scott Lincke
- Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Martine Penilla Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/462
- IPC: H04N21/462 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/442 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/458 ; H04N21/25 ; H04N21/4782

Abstract:
A method for providing a cross-platform interface for a television device is provided, including the following method operations: identifying available services for consumption on a television device, wherein the available services include two or more of a broadcast television service, an on-demand video service, and an internet content service; determining a current date and time; determining content items available for consumption from each of the available services at the current date and time; determining an allocation of display locations in a cross-platform interface for content items from each of the available services, the allocation defining a relative amount of display locations for each of the available services based on a device profile associated with the television device; assigning content items to the display locations in accordance with the determined allocation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150121431A1 CROSS-PLATFORM INTERFACE FOR A TELEVISION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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