Patent ID: 7987491

Claim:
A method of supporting browsing implemented by a programmed computer system, comprising: the programmed computer system determining program context parameters including an identity of a program being presented on a device set and an identified time position in the program; based at least in part on the determined program context parameters the programmed computer system determining a plurality of third-party links wherein the links are determined to relate to the program and are not distributed with the program; the programmed computer system determining whether a user is entitled to access the plurality of third-party links; the programmed computer system granting to the user access to the plurality of third-party links-in the event it is determined that the user is entitled to access-the plurality of third-party links; and the programmed computer system denying the user access to the plurality of third-party links in the event it is determined that the user is not entitled to access the plurality of third-party links, wherein the entitlement of the user to access the plurality of third-party links is independent of an entitlement of the user to access the program.