Enhancing TV with Wireless Broadcast Messages

摘要

There is provided a system and method for enhancing television with wireless broadcast messages. The system including a television, a mobile device, and a server, wherein the television is configured to transmit a broadcast message to the mobile device, the broadcast message used by the television to request enhancement data from the server, the mobile device is configured to receive the broadcast message from the television and transmit a request to the server in response to receiving the broadcast message, and the server configured to receive the request from the mobile device and transmit the enhancement data to the television in response to receiving the request, wherein the enhancement data is used by the television to enhance media content being displayed on a display. The television may transmit the broadcast message to the mobile device using Bluetooth low energy and receive the enhancement data from the server using the Internet.

主权项

1. A television comprising:
a display configured to display a media content; a wireless device configured to transmit a broadcast message to a plurality of mobile devices for transmission to a server, the broadcast message being for use by the plurality of the mobile devices to request aggregated enhancement data from the server for the television; and a media interface configured to receive the aggregated enhancement data from the server in response to the transmitting of the broadcast message to the plurality of the mobile devices by the wireless device; wherein the display is further configured to enhance the media content using the aggregated enhancement data received by the media interface from the server.