Patent ID: 8312055
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,G16H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. Consumer electronics (CE) device comprising: housing; display on the housing; audio speaker; network interface; processor controlling the display and speaker and communicating with the Internet through the network interface; the processor executing logic including: receiving user preferences and/or keywords via a user interface (UI) presented on the display; periodically communicating with one or more content servers via the network interface to retrieve program metadata of audio video content; searching the program metadata received from the content servers using the preferences/keywords; responsive to a determination that a match exists between the metadata of an Internet-sourced piece of content and the preferences/keywords, presenting on the display a visual alert and/or presenting on the speaker an audible alert indicative of a match to indicate to a user that new content conforming to the preferences and/or keywords is available for play on the CE device.