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US6002394:
Systems and methods for linking television viewers with advertisers and broadcasters
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Schein, Steven M.; Menlo Park, CA
O'Brien, Sean A.; San Jose, CA
Leftwich, James Jay; Palo Alto, CA
Broughton, Susan; Tracy, CA
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| Assignee: |
StarSight Telecast, Inc., Fremont, CA
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-12-14
/ 1997-04-11
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| Application Number: |
US1997000837078
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04N 5/445;
H04N 5/782;
H04N 7/08;
H04N 7/088;
H04N 7/16;
H04N 5/45;
H04N 5/775;
IPC-7:
H04N 7/10;
H04N 7/14;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04N21/443M; H04N5/445M; H04N5/782; H04N7/08; H04N7/088D; H04N7/16E3; H04N21/2362; H04N21/258U3; H04N21/262D; H04N21/262R; H04N21/4143; H04N21/4227; H04N21/433D; H04N21/433R; H04N21/434S; H04N21/442E2; H04N21/45M3; H04N21/458; H04N21/462S; H04N21/472D; H04N21/472R; H04N21/475D; H04N21/475P; H04N21/478S; H04N21/4782; H04N21/4786; H04N21/482G; H04N21/482S; H04N21/81C; H04N21/81D1; H04N21/84; H04N21/858U; T04N5/45; T04N5/775; T04N21/422R; T04N21/431L3; T04N21/47;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
725/039;
348/E05.104;
348/E05.105;
348/E05.112;
348/E07.024;
348/E07.034;
348/E07.063;
386/E05.043;
715/719;
725/040;
725/043;
725/056;
725/059;
Original:
345/327;
348/013;
348/012;
348/010;
348/006;
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| Field of Search: |
348/013,12,10,6,7,2,906
455/6.3,5.1,3.1,2
H04N 710, 714
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-04-11 |
US1997000837078 |
| 1995-10-02 |
US1995000537650 |
| 1996-04-19 |
US1996000015648P |
| 1996-07-26 |
US1996000022826P |
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| Abstract: |
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Flynn, Nathan; Srivastava, Vivek
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| Maintenance Status: |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Provisional patent application Ser. Nos. 60/022,826, filed on Jul. 26, 1996, and 60/015,648, filed on Apr. 19, 1996, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/537,650, filed on Oct. 2, 1995, now abandoned, the complete disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. unassigned, filed Apr. 11, 1997 (Attorney Docket No. 14774-004410), and its Appendices A, B, and C, the complete disclosure which is also incorporated herein by reference.
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An interactive television system having a display screen comprising:
- means for storing television schedule information including television program titles;
- means for displaying some of the schedule information including television program titles on the screen;
- means for selecting one of the displayed television program titles;
- a plurality of Internet data sources, each data source having a unique address;
- means responsive to the television program title selecting means for searching the Internet to identify one or more data sources from the plurality of Internet data sources having data contextually related to the selected television program title;
- means for selecting a data source from the one or more identified data sources having data contextually related to the selected television program title;
- means responsive to the data source selecting means for establishing a link to the selected data source according to the unique address of the selected data source;
- means for searching the linked data source for the data contextually related to the selected television program title; and
- means for displaying the data from the linked data source on the screen.
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