SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING BUSINESS DATA VIA A TELEVISION BASED ON A BUSINESS CONTEXT
According to some embodiments, a stream of television information to be displayed on a television may be received. In substantially real time, the received television information may be automatically analyzed to determine a business context. Based on the determined business context and business data stored at a remote business server, an interaction with a viewer may be arranged via the television.
1 . A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving a stream of television information to be displayed on a television;
in substantially real time, automatically analyzing the received television information to determine a business context; and
based on the determined business context and business data stored at a remote business server, interacting with a viewer via the television.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received stream of television information is associated with at least one of: (i) a broadcast signal, (ii) a cable signal, (iii) a satellite signal, (iv) the H.264 protocol, (v) the Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) 2 protocol, (vi) the MPEG 4 protocol, or (vii) Internet Protocol TeleVision information.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving at least one business keyword from the remote business server.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one business keyword is associated with at least one of: (i) a client name, (ii) a customer name, (iii) a product name, (iv) a service name, (v) a geographic location, (vi) a business object, or (vii) an entity.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the received stream of television information includes audio information and said analyzing comprises:
performing a speech-to-text operation on the audio information to generate television text information; and
searching the television text information looking for the at least one business keyword.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the received stream of television information includes image information and said analyzing comprises:
performing an optical character recognition operation on the image information to generate television text information; and
searching the television text information looking for the at least one business keyword.
7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the received stream of television information includes electronic programming guide information and said analyzing comprises:
searching the electronic programming guide information looking for the at least one business keyword.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said interacting comprises providing supplemental business information to the viewer.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the supplemental business information is associated with at least one of: (i) enterprise data, (ii) sales data, (iii) profit data, (iv) order data, (v) human resources data, (vi) contact data, or (vii) message data.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said interacting comprises receiving input from the viewer.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the received input is associated with at least one of: (i) a display selection, (ii) message data, (iii) a business action.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the input from the viewer is received via a television remote control device.
13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the television is associated with at least one of: (i) a digital television, (ii) a GOOGLE television, (iii) a Boxee device, (iv) a MediaPortal television, (v) a set top box, (vi) a digital video recorder, or (vii) a MICROSOFT Media Center.
14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote business server is associated with at least one of: (i) an enterprise resource planning server, (ii) a business services gateway, (iii) a hypertext transfer protocol server, or (iv) an Advanced Business Application Programming server.
15 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing program code executable by a computer to:
receive a stream of television information to be displayed on a television;
in substantially real time, automatically analyze the received television information to determine a business context; and
based on the determined business context and business data stored at a remote business server, interact with a viewer via the television.
16 . The medium of claim 1 , further storing program code executable by the computer to:
receive at least one business keyword from the remote business server.
17 . The medium of claim 16 , wherein the received stream of television information includes audio information and said analyzing comprises:
performing a speech-to-text operation on the audio information to generate television text information; and
searching the television text information looking for the at least one business keyword.
18 . The medium of claim 17 , wherein the received stream of television information includes image information and said analyzing comprises:
performing an optical character recognition operation on the image information to generate television text information; and
searching the television text information looking for the at least one business keyword.
19 . A system, comprising:
an input path to receive a stream of television information to be displayed on a television;
a business data platform coupled to the input path, to:
in substantially real time, automatically analyze the received television information to determine a business context; and
based on the determined business context and business data stored at a remote business server, interact with a viewer via the television.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein said analyzing is performed by a media device plugin application.
21 . The system of claim 19 , further comprising:
a keyword connector to receive at least one keyword from the remote business server, and
a search engine to search the television information looking for the at least one keyword.