US 7,500,195 B2
Method and system for transforming content for execution on multiple platforms
Ranjit Sahota, Fairfax, Calif. (US); John Carney, Sausalito, Calif. (US); David de Andrade, San Anselmo, Calif. (US); and Mark Knowles, Fairfax, Calif. (US)
Assigned to TV Works LLC, Mill Valley, Calif. (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/22,899.
Application 11/022899 is a division of application No. 09/841017, filed on Apr. 23, 2001.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/199686, filed on Apr. 24, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2005/0108633 A1, May 19, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—733  [715/239] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating content comprising:
identifying a target platform for combined television broadcast content based on a request for content communicated from the target platform;
locating and harvesting the requested content to obtain a platform-neutral version of the requested content and combining the platform-neutral version of the requested content with television broadcast content to produce the combined television broadcast content; and
delivering the combined television broadcast content via a television program distribution network to the target platform for display to a viewer, wherein:
the combined television broadcast content for the target platform is produced according to:
meta-data information about design objects and properties of the combined television broadcast content stored in a semantic network based data store.