Patent ID: 9571875
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for locally managing a presentation of data content to a user, the method comprising: receiving, at a data communication hub located in a premises, source content from a first data source, which is a content provider; transmitting, by the data communication hub, the source content to a first display device to be displayed thereon; interpreting, by the data communication hub, the source content to identify data content within the source content; generating, by the data communication hub, a retrieval command based on the identified data content and at least one of a predesignated search based on the identified data content, closed captioning associated with the identified data content, known search terms associated with the identified data content, historical user search terms associated with the user, and user profile information associated with the user; automatically accessing, by the data communication hub, a second data source located outside the premises and retrieving electronic information from the second data source using the retrieval command; transmitting, by the data communication hub, at least a first subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to the first display device to be presented thereon; receiving, at the data communication hub, an input from the user that relates to a data element contained in either the source content or the first subset of the electronic information being displayed on the first display device; in response to the input, transmitting, by the data communication hub, a second subset of the electronic information associated with the identified data content to a second display device to be displayed thereon; and receiving by a navigation tool on the second display device at least a portion of the second subset of electronic information to be displayed thereon, wherein the navigation tool generates control instructions transmitted to the first display device to control a display on the first display device of the first subset of electronic information and the source content in order to provide a coordinated presentation of information on the first and second display devices.