公开(公告)号：US20240147015A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18410592

申请日：2024-01-11

Applicant: TiVo Solutions Inc.

Inventor： James M Barton ,  Brian Lanier

IPC: H04N21/475 ,  G11B27/30 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/81

CPC classification number: H04N21/4758 ,  G11B27/3081 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/437 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/8166

Abstract: According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user's contact information over a network to a third party. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with a third party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user's contact information to the third party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the third party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the third party (e.g., over the Internet).

公开(公告)号：US10051296B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15413370

申请日：2017-01-23

Applicant: TiVo Solutions Inc.

Inventor： James M Barton

IPC: H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/414

Abstract: A portable device includes solid-state memory, an Ethernet and/or wireless network connection, and an HDMI. The portable device receives content guide data from a first server and displays a content guide on a display. In response to a user's selection of a content item, the portable device requests the content item over the Internet from a second server. The portable device receives the content item, stores the content item in solid-state memory, generates display signals that represent the content item, and sends the display signals to a display. The second server may match the content item with relevant advertisements based on keywords associated with the content item and the advertisements. The second server may send selected advertisement URLs to the portable device. Using the URLs, the portable device may obtain the advertisements over the Internet and cause the display to display the advertisements in conjunction with the content item.