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6061719 Synchronized presentation of television programming and web content  
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) or other network information identifiers are transmitted with television signals in order to permit web content to be displayed in synchronization with television...
6058430 Vertical blanking interval encoding of internet addresses for integrated television/internet devices  
A television and Internet system combine a television receiver and an Internet access subsystem. The system includes a television with the usual subsystems including a tuner, color demodulator and...
6035304 System for storing and playing a multimedia application adding variety of services specific thereto  
A system capable of storing the application packages and thereafter reproducing a desired one of the stored application packages at any time. The application package comprises a plurality of...
6031578 Apparatus for receiving and decoding a broadcast signal  
A data broadcast receiving apparatus used in a system is combined with another transmission line such as telephone circuit. By receiving a television broadcast having a data broadcast signal, such...
6028644 Data broadcast receiving apparatus receiving a television broadcast signal with a superposed data broadcast signal  
A data broadcast receiving apparatus used in a system is combined with another transmission line such as telephone circuit. By receiving a television broadcast having a data broadcast signal, such...
6029193 Data sending/receiving system, data broadcasting method and data receiving apparatus for television broadcasting  
A data sending/receiving system with which a data user receives data provided through a data provider by a data receiving apparatus via one of a computer network line and a broadcasting, has a...
6025837 Electronic program guide with hyperlinks to target resources  
An interactive entertainment system has a program provider which distributes video content programs to multiple subscribers over a distribution network. Each subscriber has a user interface unit...
6006257 Multimedia architecture for interactive advertising in which secondary programming is varied based upon viewer demographics and content of primary programming  
The system enables a user to dispose information such as an icon to identify the article that the user posts from the client computer, on the display screen thereof, for example, at the position...
5991800 Method and apparatus for providing internet service at a subscriber premise  
A multimedia interface station (102) establishes a multimedia sensory data link between the Internet (108) and a subscriber premise (112) eliminating an Internet protocol. Visual and audio data...
5987518 Method and apparatus for communicating internet protocol data over a broadband MPEG channel  
Computer data provided according to a first data protocol, such as the Internet protocol, is communicated over a digital television broadcast network using a second data protocol such as MPEG2. The...
5982445 Hypertext markup language protocol for television display and control  
Textual and graphical displays are provided on a television screen using a hypertext markup language (HTML). On-screen display devices allow a user to invoke hyperlinks to different pages of...
5969715 Compact graphical interactive information system  
A method and apparatus allows an information provider to broadcast a graphical interactive information system application to a user even using a low-bandwidth transport such as the VBI. A compact...
5933136 Network media access control system for encouraging patient compliance with a treatment plan  
A system and method for controlling patient access to an entertainment program to encourage a patient to comply with a treatment plan. The method includes the step of collecting compliance data...
5929849 Integration of dynamic universal resource locators with television presentations  
A display system receives a data stream having successive image frame data in frame regions and Internet Universal Resource Locator (URL) data and association data in data regions between frame...
5923379 DSS/DVD picture in picture with internet  
A system for providing a user controllable picture-in-picture formatted signal to a television is provided with a fast modem that interconnects the system with a computer network, such as the...
5907793 Telephone-based interactive broadcast or cable radio or television methods and apparatus  
An interactive broadcast or cable radio or television system includes methods for transmitting a telephone number to a receiving apparatus with receiver antenna and telephone-autodialer, to receive...
5907322 Television event marking system  
A system for bookmarking viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying a set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks, comprising the selection of a set of broadcast events using a...
5903262 Interactive television system with script interpreter  
A broadcasting station transmits script for presenting plural types of additional information relating to main broadcast in a vertical blanking interval included in a video signal. A television...
5887062 Two-way data communication method and two-way data communication apparatus using the same  
The invention relates to a two-way data communication apparatus in television broadcast or data broadcast signal transmitted through telephone circuit, and a two-way data communication apparatus...
5880789 Apparatus for detecting and displaying supplementary program  
A teletext/data transmission decoder decodes information on characters and graphics and produces a supplementary program video signal. A proper program video signal arriving by way of a video...
5880769 Interactive smart card system for integrating the provision of remote and local services  
The present invention includes methods and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of remote service transactions. According to the present invention, a smart card includes optics for receiving...
5872588 Method and apparatus for monitoring audio-visual materials presented to a subscriber  
A method and apparatus for content coding of Audio-Visual materials is presented. The content coding can then be decoded by a home station where the content coding is collected and processed. The...
5867208 Encoding system and method for scrolling encoded MPEG stills in an interactive television application  
A system and method for scrolling in a picture which is larger than MPEG standard in length or width or both in a video system, such as an interactive television system. In the preferred...
5850249 Receiver monitoring system with local encoding  
An audience measurement system meters tuning of a receiver which receives a plurality of program signals transmitted over a plurality of channels. The receiver is located in an audience site within...
5850265 Intelligent television receiver and method of processing data therein  
An intelligent television receiver for receiving a signal of a desired channel and displaying it on a CRT is provided. The intelligent television receiver is operable with computer communication...
5844552 Communication of character data in a web television  
A web television includes a monitor, a communication bus, an internet module, a tuner, and a television controller. The internet module is coupled to the communication bus, and is arranged to...
5832223 System, method and device for automatic capture of internet access information in a broadcast signal for use by an internet access device  
The present invention provides a system (100, 200), device (300) and method (400) for facilitating automatic capture of internet access information in a broadcast signal for use by an internet...
5818441 System and method for simulating two-way connectivity for one way data streams  
A system supplying information associated with a broadcast television program to a consumer such that said consumer perceives the associated data as the result of two way interactivity with...
5809471 Retrieval of additional information not found in interactive TV or telephony signal by application using dynamically extracted vocabulary  
A method and apparatus is provided to enable a user watching and/or listening to a program to retrieve supplemental information or supplemental entertainment pertaining to an item just seen or...
5778406 Apparatus for delivering CPU independent data for little and big endian machines  
A distributed computer system is disclosed which includes a central location and a plurality of remote locations. A central location computer system generates a module which includes a data section...
5778181 Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments  
A system for integrating video programming with the vast information resources of the Internet. A computer based system receives a video program with embedded uniform resource locators (URLs). The...
5774666 System and method for displaying uniform network resource locators embedded in time-based medium  
A system and method are provided for displaying a uniform network resource locator embedded in a time-based medium. In one embodiment, the time-based medium can be a movie file having an uniform...
5761602 Hybrid multichannel data transmission system utilizing a broadcast medium  
The system and apparatus of the present invention includes, a triangular topology consisting of: 1) a distributor at the broadcast point which receives data and then transmits this data on the...
5761606 Media online services access via address embedded in video or audio program  
A system is disclosed for providing direct automated access to an online information services provider through an address embedded in a video or audio program, commercial message, or news story....
5708478 Computer system for enabling radio listeners/television watchers to obtain advertising information  
A computer implemented method captures advertiser information received from an audio or video signal. The method includes the steps of receiving an incoming video or audio signal, determining...
5694163 Method and apparatus for viewing of on-line information service chat data incorporated in a broadcast television program  
A number of participants communicate via their personal computers over a telephone network with an on-line service that provides a chat capability. A server connects to the telephone network at the...
5640193 Multimedia service access by reading marks on an object  
An apparatus and method enables a user to control the selection of electronic multimedia services to be provided to the user by one or more servers over a communication medium. The apparatus...
5632681 Universal electronic video game renting/distributing system  
A video game cartridge that can be plugged into a video game machine to enable a user to request and play a video game for a predetermined number of video frames. The cartridge has a receiver for...
5594730 Data distribution system and methods for its use  
A subscriber system (10), operating in combination with other similar subscriber systems, for collectively and swiftly distributing multiple copies of digital data to a large number of other...
5561708 Method and apparatus for interactive television through use of menu windows  
An electronic device and method for accessing remote electronic facilities and displaying associated information on a conventional television set. The electronic device self-configures itself upon...
5504519 Method and apparatus for printing coupons and the like  
An electronic device and method for accessing remote electronic facilities and displaying associated information on a conventional television set. The electronic device self-configures itself upon...
5438355 Interactive system for processing viewer responses to television programming  
An interactive television system includes a central exchange and a plurality of consoles variously located at residences of viewers of TV programming. Each console includes a code reader capable of...
5155762 Method and a system for acquiring and transmitting information about TV program audiences  
The invention relates to acquiring information about television program audiences and transmitting it in real time by means of detection apparatuses (10) associated with telephone sets (12) and...
5034902 Method and system for ascertaining the consumption habits of a test population  
A method and system for determining the television consumption habits of a test population by obtaining data relating to the program being viewed and/or recorded and transmitting the data through...
5027426 Signal coupling device and system  
Signal coupling apparatus for combining CATV and telephone signals onto a single cable for transmission to an impulse pay-per-view converter device. The apparatus includes a bidirectional CATV...
4945563 Video system and method for controlled viewing and videotaping  
A satellite TV or cable video receiver includes a decoder for decoding information embedded in a broadcasted TV program which can be utilized to permit an operator to select the program for viewing...
4890322 Method and apparatus for subscription broadcast  
The system (10) provides a way of utilizing announcement distribution service equipment (21) which is presently in use in telecommunications networks (20) for ordering television or other signals...
4888638 System for substituting television programs transmitted via telephone lines  
A market research system is shown for substituting stored television programs for regularly scheduled, broadcast television programs having a particular identification code wherein the substitute...
4789863 Pay per view entertainment system  
In a pay per view entertainment system, prerecorded entertainment such as musical works are distributed to subscribers over a cable network. The subscribers are able to listen to edited versions or...
4630108 Preprogrammed over-the-air marketing research system  
A preprogrammed over-the-air marketing research system includes transmission facilities for delivering a regularly scheduled television signal and a low power, microwave transmitter or satellite...
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