Oliver A Locke

US Patent:

20110202844, Aug 18, 2011

Filed:

Feb 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/705999

Inventors:

Michael Davidson - Seattle WA, US
Oliver A. Locke - Carnation WA, US
Anthony L. Baker - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MSNBC Interactive News, L.L.C. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715723

Abstract:

Video content, such as broadcast television, may be divided into segments, and each segment may be assigned a distinguishing Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The URL assigned to a segment allows a user to access the segment via the Internet. For example, a television news program may be broken into segments (e.g., each interview on the program might constitute a segment). For each segment, a code may be assigned, and may be appended to the broadcaster's domain name to create a distinct URL for the segment. While the segment is being broadcast, the URL may be displayed with the segment, thereby allowing a viewer to identify the segment and to locate an Internet version of the segment. Entering the URL into a browser may access an Internet version of the broadcast segment to which the URL pertains.