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US 8,458,256 · App. 13/463,182 · Granted Jun 4, 2013

Television Aggregator

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Patent No.
US 8,458,256
App. No.
13/463,182
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aggregation system, process, article, and necessary intermediates, illustratively the system includes: a device capable of both networking and executing software programs, the device programmed from memory so that the aggregation apparatus: connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of parsed information, and renders the aggregation as output.

Claims (5)

1. An aggregation apparatus including:

a device capable of both networking and executing software programs, the device programmed so that the aggregation apparatus:

connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and then authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and then retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and then parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of parsed information, and then renders the aggregation as output.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a set top box.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a television.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2021
From: FINGERPRINT CARDS AB
To: FINGERPRINT CARDS ANACATUM IP AB
Reel/Frame 058179/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: CONFLUENCE COMMONS, INC.
To: FINGERPRINT CARDS AB
Reel/Frame 034017/0994 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2013
From: POLIS, JARED; GOYAL, PAYAL; HERMAN, JEFFERY D.; WU, SAMUEL C.; WU, ERIC; MCMAHON, MICHAEL D.; WILSON, MICHAEL C.; HARTMAN, ANDREW; TRZYNA, PETER K.; CALONE, DAVID L.; YOUNG, CHRIS; SHAVER, SCOTT; HYDE, ANDREW
To: CONFLUENCE COMMONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 030816/0790 →