| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE34340 |
Closed circuit television system having seamless interactive television programming and expandab |
August 10, 1993 |
| A closed circuit interactive television system (10) provides a multichannel television signal from a localized head end (12 which is used for individualized interactive selections by a plurality of users (22, 24, 26). Each user station contains a conventional televison receiver (32a, |
| 7448063 |
Digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events |
November 4, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to an interactive digital system enabling viewers full and active participation in experiencing a live broadcast event. Particularly, the presentation of the live event is personalized for the viewer through the provision of various options, including mu |
| 7409437 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrat |
August 5, 2008 |
| 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 URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interprete |
| 7305691 |
System and method for providing targeted programming outside of the home |
December 4, 2007 |
| A system and method for providing targeted programming to a user outside of the user's home. The method of receiving at least one of a user identification and a user profile, selecting a program based at least in part on the at least one of the user identification and the user profile, |
| 7120871 |
Enhanced video programming system and method utilizing a web page staging area |
October 10, 2006 |
| A web page staging area for construction of web pages hidden from view of the user. Once the web page is constructed, it is displayed to the user based upon timer event information or receipt of a particular command instructing that it be displayed. Use of the staging area provides the |
| 7079176 |
Digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events |
July 18, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to an interactive digital system enabling viewers full and active participation in experiencing a live broadcast event. Particularly, the presentation of the live event is personalized for the viewer through the provision of various options, including mu |
| 7075899 |
System and method for providing private in-band data to digital set-top boxes in a broadcast env |
July 11, 2006 |
| The present invention involves a system, apparatus, and method for providing private in-band data to digital set-top boxes in a broadcast environment. In one example, a digital set-top box conforming to the present invention includes one or more programmatic identifiers, such as a ma |
| 6758754 |
System and method for interactive game-play scheduled based on real-life events |
July 6, 2004 |
| A method and system for providing on-line game competition are provided. Players select their favorite teams, join with other fans of the team, and compete against players on the opposite team. Teams compete against each other in matches, where matches are based on schedules of real-life |
| 6513069 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for providing a distributed community network |
January 28, 2003 |
| A distributed community network for providing services to an arbitrarily large community of end users by distributing the load among many machines. The network uses hubs on the machines for routing packets. The hubs obtain routing instructions from a router and use those instructions for |
| 6330595 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrat |
December 11, 2001 |
| 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 URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interprete |
| 6252586 |
Compressed digital-data interactive program system |
June 26, 2001 |
| An interactive cable television system is disclosed which utilizes a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals |
| 6215484 |
Compressed digital-data interactive program system |
April 10, 2001 |
| An interactive cable television system is disclosed which utilizes a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals |
| 6204843 |
Compressed digital-data interactive program system |
March 20, 2001 |
| An interactive cable television system is disclosed which utilizes a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals |
| 6181334 |
Compressed digital-data interactive program system |
January 30, 2001 |
| An interactive cable television system is disclosed which utilizes a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals |
| 6018768 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrat |
January 25, 2000 |
| 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 URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interprete |
| 5861881 |
Interactive computer system for providing an interactive presentation with personalized video, a |
January 19, 1999 |
| The present invention is an interactive computer system which may operate on a computer network. Subscribers interact with a fully interactive programthrough the use of input devices and a personal computer or a television. The multiple video/audio datastreams may be received from a |
| 5778181 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrat |
July 7, 1998 |
| 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 URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interprete |
| 5774664 |
Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrat |
June 30, 1998 |
| A system for integrating video programming with the vast information resources of the Internet. A computer-based system receives a video program and uniform resource locators (URLs). The URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interpreted by the s |
| 5724091 |
Compressed digital data interactive program system |
March 3, 1998 |
| An interactive cable television system is disclosed which utilizes a standard cable television distribution network for simultaneously providing a plurality of viewers with an interactive television program comprising a plurality of signals related in time and content. Video signals |
| 5682196 |
Three-dimensional (3D) video presentation system providing interactive 3D presentation with pers |
October 28, 1997 |
| The system of the present invention provides actual interactive choices to members of an audience in the form of three dimensional (3D) objects in space, and after each member of the audience reaches out at, points at, or looks at the 3D object of choice, the system responds and alters t |
| 5632007 |
Interactive system and method for offering expert based interactive programs |
May 20, 1997 |
| A method of programming an interactive scenario on a multi-track storage media is disclosed. The interactive scenario includes a number of time-synchronized frames on separable data streams which are related in content to one-another. The interactive scenario is played back on an app |
| 5585858 |
Simulcast of interactive signals with a conventional video signal |
December 17, 1996 |
| A system for simulcasting a fully interactive program with a normal conventional program in the same standard video signal bandwidth. It allows active participation by subscribers who have interactive components connected to a television or personal computer display, as well as normal |
| 5537141 |
Distance learning system providing individual television participation, audio responses and memo |
July 16, 1996 |
| An interactive distance learning system which provides individualized and meaningful interactive responses to each student, as if the student is receiving instruction directly from a private tutor or instructor. An interactive program transmission occurs to a diverse number of facilities |
| 4847700 |
Interactive television system for providing full motion synched compatible audio/visual displays |
July 11, 1989 |
| An interactive television system (10, 10a) for providing full motion synched compatible audio visual displays based on dynamic user selection (26) of a plurality of syllable synched compatible audio choices for a common full motion video frame presentation received over a common tele |
| 4847699 |
Method for providing an interactive full motion synched compatible audio/visual television displ |
July 11, 1989 |
| A method for providing a full motion synched compatible audio/visual interactive television display from a plurality of syllable synched compatible audio choices for a common full motion video frame presentation. Two or more audio channels are synched to a common video channel by fir |
| 4847698 |
Interactive television system for providing full motion synched compatible audio/visual displays |
July 11, 1989 |
| An interactive television system (10, 10a) for providing full motion synched compatible audio visual displays based on dynamic user selection (26) of a plurality of syllable synched compatible audio choices for a common full motion video frame presentation provided over a common tele |
| 4602279 |
Method for providing targeted profile interactive CATV displays |
July 22, 1986 |
| The present invention relates to an interactive communication system, such as an interactive cable television system (10), for providing an interactive information output over a common output channel from a plurality of remotely transmitted different information inputs (22, 24, 26, 2 |
| 4573072 |
Method for expanding interactive CATV displayable choices for a given channel capacity |
February 25, 1986 |
| The present invention relates to an interactive communication system, such as an interactive cable television system (10), for providing an interactive information output over a common output channel from a plurality of remotely transmitted different information inputs (22, 24, 26, 2 |
