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7396281 Participant interaction with entertainment in real and virtual environments  
A system of interaction between an electronic theme park experience and live theme park interaction and activity earns rewards. The interaction permits for rewards earned in the electronic theme...
7389253 Television broadcast receiver comprising a processor to provide an interactive services interface  
A receiver for television signals is arranged to receive video signals comprising video data and information data. The receiver is arranged to respond to viewer operation of a control device. The...
7367042 Method and apparatus for hyperlinking in a television broadcast  
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
7346917 Trusted transactional set-top box  
A set top box (STB) includes a trusted transactional cache and associated transactional protocol and enables e-commerce transactions to be securely committed to a remote server extremely quickly...
7343617 Method and apparatus for interaction with hyperlinks in a television broadcast  
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast in which an interactive content icon is used. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a...
7336801 System and method for obtaining image-based products from a digital motion picture source  
Image-based products are obtained from a digital motion picture source by utilizing a content playing and display system for (a) displaying a sequence of motion picture image frames from a digital...
7293276 Interactive television program guide for recording enhanced video content  
Interactive television systems and methods are provided for enhancing program guide content using recording and alert features for video related to promotions, advertisements, and other selectable...
7283782 Method and apparatus for switching between shared and individual channels to provide broadcast content services in a wireless telephone network  
A wireless communications network ( 100 ) includes various base stations ( 110 ) and subscriber-stations ( 114 ). The base stations each provide ( 602 ) broadcast content services to...
7269837 Interactive television advertising method  
A method of providing advertising from a central database server connected to a global computer network to distributed sites via interactive television. A representative icon is presented to a...
7266835 Method and apparatus for secure transactions in an interactive television ticker  
A user can perform secure transactions via an interactive television ticker. While viewing an advertisement scrolling in the ticker, the user can select that advertisement to initiate an on-line...
7249367 Method and apparatus for switching between multiple programs by interacting with a hyperlinked television broadcast  
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
7237252 Method and apparatus to invoke a shopping ticker  
A shopping ticker can be invoked when the viewer presses a BUY button on a remote control while a television program is being shown. The television program, which can be a commercial, may not...
7234155 Automating commerce on a broadcast programming distribution network  
A broadcast programming network device includes a tuner capable of being tuned to any one of multiple broadcast video programming reception channels. When tuned to a particular channel, the...
7194754 Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television  
A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a...
7181431 Interactive information services system and associated method for facilitating purchasing transactions  
A method and system are provided to permit a network operator to capture transaction data relating to transactions between a subscriber and a service provider that are conducted via a...
7174560 Method of synchronizing events with a digital television audio-visual program  
A method and apparatus for synchronizing an event produced at a digital television receiver with an instant of a transmitted video, audio, or data element of a digital television program is...
7120924 Method and apparatus for receiving a hyperlinked television broadcast  
A system and method of receiving information hyperlinked to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information...
7117517 Method and apparatus for generating data structures for a hyperlinked television broadcast  
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
7107196 Model controller computer interface  
A method and implementing computer system are provided in which an interface device is designed to provide an interface between a remote controller (RC) device for controlling the operation of a...
7103908 Method and system to save context for deferred transaction via interactive television  
A viewer can save content and context related to a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods/services available...
7091968 Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface  
A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background...
7024381 Approach for renting items to customers  
According to a computer-implemented approach for renting items to customers, customers specify what items to rent using item selection criteria separate from deciding when to receive the specified...
7017178 Audio program reception terminal for television delivery system  
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for upgrading a set top terminal for use with a cable television program delivery system. A hardware upgrade or expansion card is connected to a set...
7003789 Television commerce payments  
A method, system, and computer readable code for extending payment protocols to include information related to the television context of commercial activity between a consumer using a television...
6966066 Interactive television receiver unit browser that waits to send requests  
In interactive television, a broadcaster may broadcast triggers to a great many receiver units prompting the receiver units to attempt to send requests to a single destination on the Internet at...
6934963 Interactive television program guide with passive content  
A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide...
6930788 Secure printing over cable network to home printer  
Secure printing of print data from a client application residing on a data network to a set top box which has a printer, the set top box residing on a digital cable network which has a cable head...
6871188 Method and arrangement for providing access to a consumer device  
A method of and arrangement for providing access to a consumer device ( 101 ). A user can switch between multiple content providers. To switch, he calls up a set of representations ( 202-207 ) of...
6868415 Information linking method, information viewer, information register, and information search equipment  
On an information registering equipment, content of interest rendered by media, such as a video image of interest distributed by TV broadcasting is captured and displayed. Position/area on the...
6859936 Method and system for producing program-integrated commercials  
A method and system for incorporating thematic content from a particular television program into product or service advertisements uses program-advancing elements of a television program in an...
6799327 Program guide with selectable advertisements and pseudo-ads  
Television program guides are equipped with advertisements and “pseudo-ads.” Pseudo-ads generally include non-advertising subject matter such as games, weather information, celebrity...
6771317 Electronic television program guide with remote product ordering  
An electronic program schedule system with product ordering capability which includes a data processor for receiving program schedule information for a plurality of programs, and a user control...
6738982 Method and system for uniform resource identification and access to television services  
The present invention provides a method and system for a DHCT coupled to a display to enable a user to access functionality of a service infrastructure of an interactive television network by a...
6735778 Method and system for providing home shopping programs  
The present invention includes a method and system for providing home shopping programs to a viewer. An exemplary method includes receiving personalized data from a viewer, generating a home...
6721956 Interactive information services system and associated method for capturing transaction data  
A method and system are provided to permit a network operator to capture transaction data relating to transactions between a subscriber and a service provider that are conducted via a...
6615408 Method, system, and apparatus for providing action selections to an image referencing a product in a video production  
Disclosed are a method, apparatus and system for providing action selections to an image referencing a product in a video production. According to the disclosure a method for providing action...
6584613 Simplified TV viewer response system and method using special codes and subscriber custom calling codes  
A simplified TV viewer response system coupled to a telephone system enables a viewer/subscriber to respond to television displays by dialing a special code less than six digits. The code is routed...
6574793 System and method for displaying advertisements  
A method and system for displaying advertisements. The advertisements are displayed on a television having a controlled connected thereto and configured for receiving commands from a viewer of the...
6570606 Method and apparatus for controlling transmission of media signals over a data network in response to triggering events at participating stations  
A method and apparatus for controlling the transmission of real-time media signals over a data network based on a triggering event associated with a participating teleconference station. This...
6543052 Internet shopping system utilizing set top box and voice recognition  
An Internet-based electronic shopping system hosted on a television-set-top-box combination controlled by a remote control unit. The set-top box (STB) includes a tuner, an internal or external...
6530084 Automated control of interactive application execution using defined time periods  
A method and apparatus facilitate control of interactive application execution through use of defined time periods. A broadcaster transmits a broadcast program, an associated interactive...
6460180 Enabling and/or disabling selected types of broadcast triggers  
Information from an information resource may be displayed with television video in a synchronized fashion. A trigger, broadcast along with the television video, identifies the resource and...
6438751 Integrated television and internet information system  
A method and apparatus that enables a user to store event information while watching a television broadcast is disclosed. The event information is transmitted to a server, preferably via the...
6359636 Graphical user interface for control of a home entertainment system  
An entertainment system has a personal computer as the heart of the system with a large screen VGA quality monitor as the display of choice. The system has digital satellite broadcast reception,...
6357043 Electronic television program guide with remote product ordering  
An electronic program schedule system with product ordering capability which includes a data processor for receiving program schedule information for a plurality of programs, and a user control...
6351270 Miniature video in the guide logo  
An integrated DSS/WebTV receiver is communicatively connected to an Internet service provider, a DSS service provider, and (optionally) a local broadcast station to provide a display of DSS...
6347400 Receiving apparatus and display control method  
A time display bar is displayed in a purchasing picture, and an elapsed time indication bar for indicating an elapsed broadcast time of a selected PPV program with respect to its total broadcast...
6330719 Interactive television receiver unit browser that waits to send requests  
In interactive television, a broadcaster may broadcast triggers to a great many receiver units prompting the receiver units to attempt to send requests to a single destination on the Internet at...
6314572 Method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand services, dependent services and contingent services for an interactive information distribution system  
A method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand (SOD) services, dependent subscription services and contingent services for a interactive information distribution system, where a...
6288708 Interactive display systems, particularly computer systems and televis ion sets  
A method and apparatus for allowing interaction between an individual and a display screen, such as a computer monitor or television set. A controller has a plurality of keys having a spatial...
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