WO1998017064B1 - Access to internet data through a television system - Google Patents

Access to internet data through a television system

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WO1998017064B1
WO1998017064B1 PCT/US1997/018664 US9718664W WO9817064B1 WO 1998017064 B1 WO1998017064 B1 WO 1998017064B1 US 9718664 W US9718664 W US 9718664W WO 9817064 B1 WO9817064 B1 WO 9817064B1
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data
site
display
address
television program
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PCT/US1997/018664
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Priority to MX2015003148A priority Critical patent/MX341827B/en
Priority to CA002267890A priority patent/CA2267890C/en
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Priority to AU48231/97A priority patent/AU726960B2/en
Priority to BR9712352-8A priority patent/BR9712352A/en
Priority to JP51858898A priority patent/JP4184436B2/en
Priority to EP07075668A priority patent/EP1850594A3/en
Priority to EP97910985A priority patent/EP0932979B1/en
Priority to DE69738374T priority patent/DE69738374T2/en
Priority to ES97910985T priority patent/ES2294795T3/en
Publication of WO1998017064A1 publication Critical patent/WO1998017064A1/en
Publication of WO1998017064B1 publication Critical patent/WO1998017064B1/en
Priority to HK00106816A priority patent/HK1027930A1/en
Priority to US11/600,944 priority patent/US20070067805A1/en
Priority to US12/551,509 priority patent/US20100118187A1/en
Priority to US12/820,381 priority patent/US20100310238A1/en
Priority to US13/431,325 priority patent/US20120185901A1/en

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Abstract

An interactive television system in which a data address site representing an Internet web site is encoded in a television signal. The user may link to the web site by selecting an icon (95) displayed on the television screen.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau 24 April 1998 (24.04.98); original claims 1-27 replaced by new claims 1-32 (5 pages)]
1. An interactive entertainment network system comprising: a television signal provider for supplying a plurality of television signals, at least one of the television signals comprising a television program and embedded data including a particular data address site including data related to the television program; a data service provider for retrieving and transmitting data corresponding to data address sites; and a plurality of user interface units in individual homes, each user interface unit comprising 0 a tuner for receiving the at least one television signal from the television signal provider, means for extracting the data address site from the television signal, a memory for storing the data address site, a modem in two-way communication with the data service provider, S a display screen for displaying the television program, a user input for receiving a user selection, and a microcontroller coupled to the memory and the modem and comprising means for generating an identifier representative of the data address site and superimposing the identifier over the television program on the display 0 device, means for retrieving the data address site from the memory in response to a user selection, and means for controlling the modem to retrieve data corresponding to the data address site from the data service provider in response to the user 5 selection and configuring said data for display,
2. The interactive entertainment network system of claim 1. in which the data service provider is a networked computer system.
0 3. The interactive entertainment network system of claim 2, in which the data service provider is an Internet service provider.
4. The interactive entertainment network system of claim 1 , in which the identifier is a textual description of the data corresponding to the data address site. S
5. The interactive entertainment network system of claim 1 , in which the identifier is a graphical icon.
6. The interactive entertainment network system of claim l , in which the microcontroller displays the identifier substantially immediately after receiving the data address site.
7. A display controller for coupling to a display device and to a data retrieval terminal in two-way communication with a data service provider, the display controller comprising: a tuner for receiving a television signal containing a television program and at least one embedded data unit comprising a data address site including data related to the television program; means for extracting the at least one embedded data unit from the television signal; a memory for storing the at least one data unit; a video display generator; a microcontroller coupled to the tuner and the extracting means and the memory
(a) for storing the at least one data unit in the memory,
(b) for controlling the video display generator to display information representative of the data site address on the display device simultaneously with the television program,
(c) for selectively retrieving the data site address from the memory in response t╬▒ a user request,
(d) for controlling the data retrieval terminal to request data corresponding to the user selected data address site from the data service provider, and
(e) for controlling the video display generator to format and display the requested data received from the data service provider on the display device.
8. The display controller of claim 7, in which the extracting means is a vertical blanking interval (VBI) decoder.
9. The display controller of claim 7, in which the video display generator comprises a picturc-in-picture (PIP) generator, and wherein the microcontroller controls the video display generator to display the television program in a PIP window simultaneously with the information representative of the data site address on the display device.
10. The display controller of claim 1, in which the video display generator comprises a PIP generator, and wherein the microcontroller controls the video display generator to display the television program in a PIP window simultaneously with the requested data on the display devices.
11. The display controller of claim 10, in which the video display generator further comprises means for formatting the requested data for display around the PIP window on the display device whereby none of the requested data is obscured by the PIP window.
12, The display controller of claim 7, in which the video display generator comprises a graphics generator which generates a graphical icon representative of the data site address for display on the display device.
13. The display controller of claim 7, in which the video display generator comprises a character generator which generates text representative of the data site address for display on the display device.
14. The display controller of claim 7, in which the video display generator comprises a character generator which generates text representative of the data corresponding to the data site address for display on the display device.
15. The display controller of claim 7, in which the microcontroller comprises means for switching between a television mode in which the television program is displayed without information representative of data site address and an information mode in which the television program and information representative of the data site address are displayed simultaneously.
16. The display controller of claim 7, in which the display controller is incorporated into a cable box.
17. The display controller of claim 7, in which the display controller is incorporated into a video cassette recorder (VCR).
18. The display controller of claim 7, in which the microcontroller displays the identifier substantially immediately after receiving the data address site.
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19. A method for enhancing viewing of a television program with interactive information retrieval comprising the steps of: at a television signal provider,
(a) embedding at least one data unit comprising a data address site into a television signal containing a television program, wherein the data address site includes data related to the television program; at a user site,
(b) receiving the television signal;
(c) extracting the at least one data unit from the television signal;
10 (d) displaying information representative of the data address site simultaneously with the television program on a display device;
(e) storing the data address site in a memory;
(f) selecting the information representative of the data address site;
(g) establishing a connection with a data service provider having access to data I 5 corresponding to the selected data address site;
(h) requesting the data corresponding to the data address site; (i) transmitting the data corresponding to the data address site from the data service provider to the user site; and
(j) formatting and displaying the data corresponding to the data address site on the display device.
20. The method of claim 19, in which step (c) comprises storing a plurality of data address sites in the memory.
5 21. The method of claim 20 further comprising a step after step (e) of displaying a menu comprising at least two of the data address sites, and wherein step (f) comprises selecting a particular data address site from the menu.
22. The method of claim 19, in which step (d) is performed substantially immediately after 0 step (c).
23 , The method of claim 19, in which the television program is displayed in a PIP window simultaneously with the information representative of the data address site,
5 24. The method of claim 23, in which program information relating to the television program is displayed simultaneously with the television program and the information representative of the data site address.
22 I 25 , The method of claim 19, in which the data corresponding to the data address site is data available through the Internet.
26. The method of claim 19, in which the data corresponding to the data address site is
5 purchasing information.
27. The method of claim 19. in which the data corresponding to the data address site comprises commands for controlling recording of a television program.
10 28. The method of claim 19, in which the infoπnation representative of the data address site is a textual description of the data corresponding to the data address site.
29. The method of claim 19, in which the infoπnation representative of the data address site is a graphical icon.
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30. The method of claim 29, in which the graphical icon is a symbol identifying the data corresponding to the data address site as an Internet data page,
31. The method of claim 29, in which the graphical icon is a symbol identifying the data 0 corresponding to the data address site as purchasing information.
32. The method of claim 29, in which the graphical icon is a symbol identifying the data corresponding to the data address site as VCR programming information.
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ES97910985T ES2294795T3 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 ACCESS TO INTERNET DATA THROUGH A TELEVISION SYSTEM.
DE69738374T DE69738374T2 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 INTERNET DATA ACCESS OVER TV SYSTEM
AU48231/97A AU726960B2 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to internet data through a television system
CA002267890A CA2267890C (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to internet data through a television system
JP51858898A JP4184436B2 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to Internet data through a television system
EP07075668A EP1850594A3 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to internet data through a television system
EP97910985A EP0932979B1 (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to internet data through a television system
MX2015003148A MX341827B (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Access to internet data through a television system.
BR9712352-8A BR9712352A (en) 1996-10-16 1997-10-16 Internet data access through a television system
HK00106816A HK1027930A1 (en) 1996-10-16 2000-10-26 Access to internet data through a television system.
US11/600,944 US20070067805A1 (en) 1996-10-16 2006-11-15 Access to internet data through a television system
US12/551,509 US20100118187A1 (en) 1996-10-16 2009-08-31 Access to internet data through a television system
US12/820,381 US20100310238A1 (en) 1996-10-16 2010-06-22 Access to internet data through a television system
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