EP0673164B1
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System and method of capturing encoded data transmitted over a communications network in a video system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1995-03-08
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Granted: 1999-05-19
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Expires: 2015-03-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 David Saul Isenberg
- 👤 Mark Logan Tuomenoksa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N21/00; H04N21/80; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N21/8586; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/2753; H04M1/2757; H04N21/81; H04N21/812; H04N7/08; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
A method of receiving signals transmitted over a network (24), and
transmitting a telephone number data over a telephone network (18) to initiate a
telephone call (to 26), characterized in that said receiving comprises: receiving video signals (305) transmitted over the network; identifying an escape sequence (315) contained within the video signals,
said escape sequence demarcating telephone number data (320); and capturing the demarcated telephone number data; and in that said transmitting comprises transmitting the captured
telephone number data over the telephone network.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said step of capturing said
telephone number data comprises the steps of: storing the captured telephone number data in a memory (34); and retrieving the captured telephone number data from the memory (34) in
response to a received access code.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the step of storing the
captured telephone number data comprises storing other data (325) which defines
information relating to the telephone number data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 comprising the step of indicating the
capture of telephone number data (17).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
An interactive communication system for transmitting video signals from at
least one central provider (14) to a plurality of receiving devices (16) and for
transmitting dialing information corresponding to telephone number data over a
telephone network (18) to initiate a telephone call (to 26), characterized in that each of
said receiving devices comprises: means (12) for receiving video signals (305); means (32) for capturing telephone number data (320) encoded into said
video signals by identifying an escape sequence (315) within said video signals
demarcating said telephone number data; and means (42) for transmitting dialing information corresponding to said
captured telephone number data over the telephone network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said receiving means is a set-top
box.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said capturing means can be
selectively enabled and disabled.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system as claimed in claim 5 comprising means for indicating the
capture of telephone number data (17).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said indicating means is an
LED indicator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 comprising means for storing (34)
said captured telephone number data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said telephone number data
comprises other data (325) which defines information relating to the telephone number
data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
104 words
A video receiving device for receiving signals and transmitting a
telephone number data over a telephone network (18) to initiate a telephone call (to 26),
characterized by: means (12) for receiving video signals (305); means (32) for capturing telephone number data (320) encoded into said
video signals by identifying an escape sequence (315) within said video signals
demarcating said telephone number data, said telephone number data representing more
than one telephone number, each telephone number being identified by a separate
escape sequence; and means (42) for transmitting DTMF tones corresponding to the telephone
number data for a particular telephone number over the telephone network.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said receiving means is a
television.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said receiving means is a
computer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said capturing means can be
selectively enabled and disabled.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said receiving means
comprises a set-top box (16).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said capturing means
comprises storing means (34) for storing said telephone number data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
A device as claimed in claim 17 comprising: means (32) for assembling a history log of said stored telephone number
data; means (605) for displaying said history log; and means (20,22) for selecting telephone number data from said history log
which represents a particular telephone number.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 comprising means (17) for
indicating the capture of telephone number data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 19 wherein said indicating means is an
LED indicator.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A device as claimed in claim 12 wherein said telephone number data
comprises other data (325) which defines information relating to the telephone number
data.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for receiving signals transmitted over a network (24) and
transmitting a telephone number data over a telephone network (18) to initiate a
telephone call (to 26), characterized by: receiving video signals (305) transmitted over the network; capturing telephone number data (320) encoded into said video signals
by identifying an escape sequence (315) within said video signals demarcating said
telephone number data, said telephone number data representing a plurality of telephone
numbers, said telephone number data representing each telephone number being
identified by a separate escape sequence; and transmitting DTMF tones corresponding to said captured telephone
number data for a particular telephone number over the telephone network.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method as claimed in claim 22 wherein said step of capturing the
telephone number data comprises the steps of: storing the captured telephone number data in memory (34); and retrieving the captured telephone number data from memory in response
to a received access code (from 20,22).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in claim 23 wherein said step of storing said
captured telephone number data comprises the step of assembling a history log (605) of
the telephone numbers represented by the telephone number data stored in memory.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as claimed in claim 24 comprising the steps of: displaying said history log; and initiating the dialing of a particular telephone number in response to a
selection of the particular telephone number from the history log.
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