TiVo patent points to new sharing and interactivity built around closed captions

[dfergie]

The rumors are already flying for that upcoming March 2nd TiVo event, but a recently granted patent gives us one idea of what TiVo's been up to of late. The basic idea of the patent is to use embedded meta data in TV broadcasts, primarily the closed caption text, to create "event identification data" that makes the DVR -- when synced up against related data online -- smarter about the content.

Source & More: engadget.com

Check out this related link from same site... http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/new-ui-tweaked-hardware-in-store-for-tivos-march-reveal/

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep, and today the USPTO granted Tivo a patent on the "Season Pass" application that was filed back in 1999.

TiVo Granted Season Pass Patent