Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managing lifecycles of television gadgets and applications
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Application No.: US14868237Application Date: 2015-09-28
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Publication No.: US09788081B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Vincent Dureau
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/025
- IPC: H04N7/025 ; H04N21/81 ; H04H60/72 ; H04H60/74 ; H04N21/431

Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming. The method further includes sending search requests that include the identified metadata to a search system for selecting at least one portable program module. The method further includes in response to a first one of the search requests, receiving first search results from the search system that identify the selected portable program module and outputting a representation of the selected portable program module to a display device for presentation concurrently with the television programming. The method further includes in response to a second one of the search requests, receiving second search results from the search system that no longer identify the selected portable program module and ceasing the output of the representation of the selected portable program module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160021431A1 MANAGING LIFECYCLES OF TELEVISION GADGETS AND APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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