Patent ID: 8984564
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a mobile communication device configured for outputting a television application and displaying selected content within a television environment of the mobile communication device, the method comprising: initiating a TV application using a user interface coupled to the mobile communication device; capturing a television signal using a tuning device provided in the mobile communication device, the television signal being one of a plurality of television signals from respective television channels; outputting a TV program associated with the television signal for the captured television channel on a display of the mobile communication device; retrieving a configurable content object from a database provided within the mobile communication device, the configurable content object being one of a plurality of configurable content objects numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 1; associating the configurable content object to one of a plurality of the television channels using one of a plurality of presentation criteria, the plurality of presentation criteria being based on the configurable content object and a real world state of the mobile communication device; displaying a dynamically generated content based on the configurable content object on the display when a user selects a new channel associated with the configurable content object, the new channel being one of the plurality of channels, the dynamically generated content and the TV program not being displayed contemporaneously; displaying a new TV program associated with the new channel after displaying the dynamically generated content.