Managing lifecycles of television gadgets and applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788081-B2
Application number	US-201514868237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	May 19, 2010
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for managing a lifecycle of portable program modules, the method comprising:
determining, using a computing device that includes a hardware processor, that a first plurality of applications related to media content that is being presented on a presentation device is available for download on the computing device;
causing a representation of each of the first plurality of applications to be presented while the media content is being presented on the presentation device in response to determining that the first plurality of applications is available;
determining that the media content being presented on the presentation device has been modified based on the identification of one or more objects in the media content;
determining that at least one application of the first plurality of applications does not relate to the modified media content being presented on the presentation device and that a second plurality of applications that are each related to the modified media content and are available for download on the computing device in response to determining that the media content being presented has been modified; and
causing the representation of the at least one application to cease being presented and replacing the representation of the at least one application with at least one of the second plurality of applications in response to determining that the application does not relate to the modified media content being presented on the presentation device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining first metadata related to the media content being presented on the presentation device;
sending a first search request that includes at least a portion of the first metadata to a search system; and
in response to the first search request, receiving first search results from the search system that identify the first plurality of applications, wherein the first plurality of applications corresponds to the first metadata.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining second metadata related to the modified media content;
sending a second search request that includes at least a portion of the second metadata to the search system; and
in response to the second search request, receiving second search results from the search system that indicate the at least one application does not relate to the modified media content.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting an application from the first plurality of applications based on metadata associated with the media content being presented on the presentation device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the application is selected from the first plurality of applications based on popularity information.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
extracting captioning information from the media content being presented on the presentation device;
transmitting a query to an application source that includes a plurality of applications, wherein the query includes at least a portion of the extracted captioning information; and
receiving the representation of each of the first plurality of applications based on the query.

7. A computer-implemented system for managing a lifecycle of portable program modules, the system comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor that, when executing computer executable instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:
determine that a first plurality of applications related to media content that is being presented on a presentation device is available for download on the computing device;
cause a representation of each of the first plurality of applications to be presented while the media content is being presented on the presentation device in response to determining that the first plurality of applications is available;
determine that the media content being presented on the presentation device has been modified based on the identification of one or more objects in the media content;
determine that at least one application of the first plurality of applications does not relate to the modified media content being presented on the presentation device and that a second plurality of applications that are each related to the modified media content and are available for download on the computing device in response to determining that the media content being presented has been modified; and
cause the representation of the at least one application to cease being presented and replacing the representation of the at least one application with at least one of the second plurality of applications in response to determining that the application does not relate to the modified media content being presented on the presentation device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
determine first metadata related to the media content being presented on the presentation device;
send a first search request that includes at least a portion of the first metadata to a search system; and
in response to the first search request, receive first search results from the search system that identify the first plurality of applications, wherein the first plurality of applications corresponds to the first metadata.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
determine second metadata related to the modified media content;
send a second search request that includes at least a portion of the second metadata to the search system; and
in response to the second search request, receive second search results from the search system that indicate the at least one application does not relate to the modified media content.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to select an application from the first plurality of applications based on metadata associated with the media content being presented on the presentation device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the application is selected from the first plurality of applications based on popularity information.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:
extract captioning information from the media content being presented on the presentation device;
transmit a query to an application source that includes a plurality of applications, wherein the query includes at least a portion of the extracted captioning information; and
receive the representation of each of the first plurality of applications based on the query.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for managing a lifecycle of portable program modules, the method comprising:
determining that a first plurality of applications related to media content that is being presented on a presentation device is available for download on the computing device;
causing a representation of each of the first plurality of applications to be presented while the media content is being presented on the presentation device in response to determining that the first plurality of applications is available;
determining that the media content being presented on the presentation device has been modified based on the identification of one or more objects in the media content;
determining that at least one application of the first plurality of applications does not relate to the modified media content being presented on the presentation device and that a second plurality of applications that are each related to the modified med

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Dureau Vincent

Classifications

• H04N21/8173

  End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game · CPC title

• H04H2201/40

  characterised in that additional data relating to the broadcast data are available via a different channel than the broadcast channel · CPC title

• H04H60/72

  using electronic programme guides [EPG] (focusing on identifying broadcast space time H04H60/39 {; menu type display of EPG in television receivers H04N21/47}) · CPC title

• H04N21/8126 Primary

  involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts · CPC title

• H04N21/8186

  specially adapted to be executed by a peripheral of the client device, e.g. by a reprogrammable remote control · CPC title