Patent ID: 9021520
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a print-augmented broadcast signal for transmission to one or more conventional broadcast receivers, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast signal comprising (i) standard content for a particular broadcast program and (ii) a non-content portion; receiving supplemental content which is associated with the standard content of the particular broadcast program, wherein the supplemental content comprises a plurality of segments, each of the supplemental content segments corresponding to a segment of standard content of the particular broadcast program; and combining the supplemental content onto the non-content portion of the broadcast signal to form a print-augmented broadcast signal, the print augmented broadcast signal comprising the standard content, which can be rendered on a conventional broadcast receiver, and the supplemental content, which is printable on-demand at a destination conventional broadcast receiver substantially concurrently with the rendering of the standard content.