Developing
New Media Technologies

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Reisman on User-Centered Media

CoTV™ links Web browsing to TV viewing
– pushing links to your browser that relate to what you are watching on your TV.

CoTV™ exploits the fact that many users now watch TV on a large screen, while multitasking on a wireless laptop, phone, or other mobile device.

• CoTV™ presents a huge opportunity to enhance the user experience by coordinating access to cross-device content that makes use of both screens
• CoTV™ creates highly profitable cross-device advertising opportunities that link the TV to direct response on the Web – and that makes ads more relevant and useful to consumers.

Just imagine that Google – or any other Web service – knew what you were watching on TV...

Search

A portfolio of patents relating to search, particularly on the Internet.

• One patent that issued 10/11/05, relating to search and the "Semantic Web"
• Two patents that issued 6/13/06, relating to search and the “Social Web”

Internet push distribution and software update

A portfolio of patents relating to Internet push distribution and software update.

• This technology relates to many Internet push applications, such as content channels, offline browsing, RSS, electronic software distribution, and webcasting, as well as aspects of e-commerce.
• The portfolio was licensed to BTG for commercialization – it includes seven patents issued in 1997-2004, plus others still pending.
• BTG's licensing efforts led to patent infringement suits against Microsoft and Apple
• On 3/31/06, BTG announced the sale of these patent rights for $35 million, plus a share of future profits, and that BTG and Teleshuttle would no longer pursue those suits