Patent ID: 9258617
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, in a television system comprising at least one processor, for presenting information regarding user-selected objects in television programming, the method comprising: determining, by the at least one processor, an identity of a user-selected object embedded in a television program being presented on a television screen, the user-selected object selected by a television controller; determining, by the at least one processor, a type of the user-selected object; determining, by the at least one processor, information associated with the user-selected object based at least in part on the identity of the user-selected object in the television program; presenting, by the at least one processor, the information in a presentation manner of a plurality of presentation manners, wherein the presentation manner is selected in response to the type of the user-selected object, wherein the information is presented on the television in response to a first type of the user-selected object and presented on a display of the television controller in response to a second type of the user-selected object; and pausing, by the at least one processor, the television program during presentation of the information, after selection of the user-selected object and in response to the type of the user-selected object.