Patent ID: 8763061
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a communications system including a set-top box (STB) in communication with a television and an auxiliary display device, a method of changing program channels viewed on the television and presenting, on a display of the auxiliary display device, a web page associated with a current tuned channel number viewed on the television, the method comprising: (a) the STB transmitting the current tuned channel number to the auxiliary display device; (b) the auxiliary display device determining a particular uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the current tuned channel number utilizing the current tuned channel number provided by the STB by using a VCM when changing program channels viewed on the television, wherein the VCM includes uniform resource locator (URL) information associated with at least one program channel; and (c) the auxiliary display device presenting web content associated with the URL associated with the current tuned channel number on the display of the auxiliary display device.