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Integrated interactive television entertainment system

A technology of video and content, applied in the field of integrated interactive TV entertainment system, can solve the problems of not creating entertainment viewing experience, lack of TV experience, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-09
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0003] While television viewing has been a popular leisure activity for decades, modern users may find the television experience lacking in the face of newer technologies such as the Internet and the availability of media content on personal mobile devices
For example, current systems do not create an enhanced entertainment viewing experience that integrates content from multiple sources

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[0020] Embodiments of the present technology relate to integrating services from several sources that together provide an enhanced and interactive television entertainment experience. One embodiment of the present technology includes a central service for providing customized content that can be downloaded and displayed on one or more user's computing device(s). A central service can integrate cloud data from several third-party services. The central service may also receive user preferences from one or more users. By identifying correlations between the integrated cloud data and user preferences, the central service can identify content of potential interest to one or more users. The central service may also define the layout of the user interface for displaying the identified content. The layout may, for example, include a division of the identified content between several channels by theme. Additionally or alternatively, the layout may include several windows and / or disp...

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Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for enhancing a television viewing experience by a group of one or more users. The experience is enhanced by integrating services from a number of different sources. This integration of services aggregates cloud data, identifies content from the aggregated cloud data that is potentially of interest to the user, and distributes that content to a main display or one or more secondary computing devices associated with the one or more users in the group.

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[0001] priority statement [0002] This application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 818,422, filed May 1, 2013, entitled "System and Methods for Enhanced Television Viewing Experience," which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Background technique [0003] While television viewing has been a popular leisure activity for decades, modern users may find the television experience lacking in the face of newer technologies such as the Internet and the availability of media content on personal mobile devices. For example, current systems do not create an enhanced entertainment viewing experience that integrates content from multiple sources. Nor do current systems create an enhanced entertainment experience for multiple consumer devices that enables users to interact with content while watching a video. Contents of the invention [0004] A system and method for enhancing a television viewing experience for a group of one or more users...

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IPC IPC(8): H04N21/254H04N21/258H04N21/41H04N21/4722H04N21/478H04N21/488A63F13/30
CPCH04N21/254H04N21/25891H04N21/4126H04N21/4722H04N21/4781H04N21/488A63F13/338A63F13/828H04N21/2668
Inventor W.莫泽尔D.西摩尔H.瓦斯顿A.哈利E.布里奇沃特R.拉杜C.麦克雷D.费尔古森J.李M.佩尔泽尔
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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