Navigation aware news service

Abstract

A mobile terminal simultaneously receives an interactive service, such as a betting service, and a web-based news service operating in conjunction with the interactive service across a wireless connection. Both services are simultaneously displayed in different windows on the same display of the mobile terminal. The user's selections, navigation of pages and other input in the interactive service are monitored and used to select related news items for a scrolling news frame.

1 . A method for providing video information to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing video content to the user over a wireless connection, wherein the video content includes:
 an interactive video service; and 
 a video information service operating in conjunction with the interactive service; 
   monitoring video content items viewed by the user in the interactive video service;   identifying at least one key element associated with the video content items viewed by the user, the at least one key element stored in a content server;   searching a database associated with the video content items for video information relevant to the key element; and   pushing the video information to the user via the video information service.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of pushing the video information comprises:
 updating a scrolling frame portion of the video information service with the video information.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the key element comprises a keyword derived from the video content items viewed by the user in the interactive video service. 
     
     
         4 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor; and   at least one memory storing computer program code, and storing at least one key element;   wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
 provide video content to a user over a wireless connection, wherein the video content includes:
 an interactive video service; and 
 a video information service operating in conjunction with the interactive service; 
 
 monitor video content items viewed by the user in the interactive video service; 
 identify at least one key element associated with at least one of the video content items viewed by the user; 
 search a database for video information relevant to the key element; and 
 push the video information to the user via the video information service. 
   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is caused to push the video information by:
 updating a scrolling frame portion of the video information service with the video information.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the key element comprises a keyword derived from the video content items viewed by the user in the interactive video service.