Patent ID: 9009758
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for retrieving messages from a networking site on the Internet, comprising: receiving data associated with a video program, the video program for display on a display device; accessing the networking site in response to a user input, the user input initiated while causing the video program to be shown on the display device; generating at least one keyword from the received data, the at least one keyword used for creating a list of identities to follow on the networking site, each identity to follow having an account with the networking site; retrieving from the networking site, on a periodic basis, a message posted to the networking site by an identity to follow based on the at least one keyword; outputting the list of identities to follow in a first carousel arrangement in an overlay for display on the display device simultaneous with the program; and outputting at least one retrieved message in a second carousel arrangement in the overlay for display on the display device simultaneous with the program, the at least one retrieved message associated to a current identity selected from the list of identities in the first carousel arrangement.