Patent ID: 9654737
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of enhancing broadcast content, comprising: receiving from a broadcast content receiving device a broadcast program from broadcast content, via an HDMI communication interface, the broadcast content being received from a broadcast content source over a closed network; extracting broadcast program information about the broadcast program; generating only a single program identification of the broadcast program based on the broadcast program information, wherein the generated single program identification identifies the broadcast program to allow access over a network to additional content from a plurality of different sources, where the additional content is associated with the broadcast program and the generated single program identification; communicating the generated single program identification to a remote network access device to allow access over the network to the additional content from the plurality of different sources, wherein the communicating the generated single program identification includes not communicating any portion of the broadcast program to the remote network access device; and periodically recommunicating the generated single program identification.