Patent ID: 9185462
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An interactive television application method, comprising: scanning a video frame of a broadcast content via a communication device; detecting presence of a quick response image in the video frame, wherein the quick response image is embedded by a broadcaster in the video frame and the quick response image comprises a time stamp, a universal resource locator (URL) and a content identifier, and wherein the quick response image is updated by the broadcaster over a period of time by updating the time stamp, the URL and the content identifier; decoding, via the communication device, the quick response image to obtain the universal resource locator for facilitating synchronous interactivity with a content server to access an information content; receiving the information content associated with the quick response image using the universal resource locator; and synchronizing the information content interactively with the broadcast content based upon the time stamp and the content identifier, and wherein the time stamp is updated at a time interval and the content identifier corresponds to currently transmitted information content in order to maintain synchronous interactivity between the broadcast content and the information content.