Patent ID: 9532107
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A content receiver useable in a broadcast content distribution system comprising a content source and the content receiver, the broadcast content distribution system being a system in which the content source broadcasts audio/video content for reception by content receivers with associated metadata including links to other content for possible reproduction by the content receiver, including information indicative of a category of each link, and including information indicative of a location relating to content defined by each link, wherein the content receiver includes circuitry configured to: generate link information for display, based on the received metadata, relating to the links corresponding to a subset of categories while reproducing the broadcast audio/video content; detect an operation of a user control to select a link included in the metadata, the selection of the link for which the link information is currently displayed causing the circuitry- to reproduce the content defined by the link; store category information defining the subset of categories and modify the stored category information based on the selected link, the stored category information including a corresponding latest activation time for a corresponding category of the subset of categories, and the corresponding latest activation time for the corresponding category being updated based on a user selection of a corresponding link; delete the corresponding category, from the stored category information when a difference between a current time and the corresponding latest activation time of the corresponding category exceeds a predetermined amount of time; transmit at least a subset of the metadata to a computing device; and cause display of corresponding link information, based on the subset of the metadata, on the computing device while the circuitry is reproducing the broadcast audio/video content and when a location of the computing device is within a threshold separation from the location relating to a corresponding content defined by a corresponding link included in the subset of the metadata, and wherein the content receiver includes a memory to store the category information defining the subset of categories.