Patent ID: 11863824
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
the access point adding offer packets within a wireless connection being used to carry the signaling to the first device over a broadband connection established between the first device and the access point, the offer packets containing the offer;
the first device using the offer packets to display pop-up during play of the first content, the pop-up notifying the user of the second content being available through a second device operating independently of the first device and connected to the broadband connection; and
at least one of the offer controller and the access point providing instructions within the offer packets for the first device to automatically control the second device to access the second content using commands wirelessly transmitted from the first device to the second device over the broadband connection following user acceptance of the offer through the first device.