Patent ID: 9380355
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the acts: a cell phone sensing information from a television, the information serving to identify a sporting event program being displayed on a screen of the television, and also serving to identify a television network that distributed the sporting event program, the displayed view of the sporting event having been selected by a television producer from among plural different camera views of the event; based on said sensed information, downloading, to the cell phone, computer instructions specific to said television network; executing said downloaded instructions to present, on a screen of the cell phone, a second screen experience determined by said television network; wherein said second screen experience determined by said television network enables a user to select, for presentation on the screen of the cell phone, one of said plural camera views of the sporting event that is different than the view selected by the television producer; the method further including the acts: (a) identifying to the cell phone, over a wireless network connection, one or more software widgets available for transfer to the cell phone, the software widgets providing content or interactivity related to said sporting event program, the widget being promoted on said television screen; (b) using the cell phone to indicate a user's interest in one of said software widgets and to initiate transfer of such widget to the phone; and (c) in response to the indicated interest, transferring a version of said software widget to the cell phone; wherein the transferred version of said software widget comprises said computer instructions specific to said television network.