AUTOMATED REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS SEARCHING OF CLOSED-CAPTIONED TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

摘要

systems and methods are presented thatautomatically continuously search closed-captionedtelevision programming in real time for informationrequested by a user. Users enter information (e.g., akeyword) to be searched for preferably at a Web site.Closed-captioned television programming is thensearched in real time for the requested information.Upon finding the requested information, the user isnotified in real time by email, voice-mail, or othersuitable means. The notification includes the name,broadcast time, and channel of the program in which theinformation was found. upon notification, users canaccess a video segment of, or additional textualinformation from, that program.