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Television event marking system
Assignee: INTERHOME
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Filing: 1996-10-16
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Granted: 1999-05-25
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Expires: 2016-10-16
Abstract
Abstract 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 remote control, and storing a set of event-identifier data associated with the set of selected broadcast events in an activity table, and then generating a set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks by comparing the set of event identifiers with a database of TV schedules, events and company information. The generated set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks can then be used by viewer for access to and display of the selected internet locations associated with the set of selected broadcast events.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory H. Kelly
- 👤 Kenneth Y. Goldberg
- 👤 John S. Gee
- 👤 Philip D. Levinson
- 👤 Scott Fullam
Bibliographic Details
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US
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2026-10-26 17:48
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/47214; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/50; H04L67/535; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/442; H04N21/44213; H04N21/44222; H04N21/44224; H04N21/45; H04N21/462; H04N21/4622; H04N21/478; H04N21/4782; H04N7/00; H04N7/14; H04N7/141; H04N7/147; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A method for marking and recording viewer-selected TV broadcast events comprising the steps of: selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a viewer an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the viewer activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
120 words
A method for marking and recording viewer-selected TV broadcast events comprising the steps of: selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a viewer an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the viewer activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of recording viewer selected broadcast events of claim 1 further comprising a viewer activating a direct network access button on the remote control for providing network access to an associated network location corresponding to viewer selected event the step of activating network access comprising downloading the stored activity table from the remote control to a network accessing device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of recording viewer selected broadcast events of claim 2 wherein the network access device comprises a personal computer having network access interface, and the step of activating network access further comprises providing the stored activity table to a remote database via the personal computer, and transmitting in response thereto, a network address of an associated website correlating to viewer's selection from the database to the personal computer.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
139 words
A system for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying a corresponding set of associated internet locations comprising: a television for broadcasting a series of television events; and a remote control for controlling the television, the remote control comprising an event selection button to allow a viewer to mark a set of selected broadcast events the event selection button coupled to a channel register to read channel data and a clock circuit to access a date and time data associated with each selected event; and a network accessing unit, wherein the network accessing unit having an activity table comprising event identifying data generated in response to the activation of the event selection button and transmits the activity table to an online central database for generating a set of internet locations associated with the set of selected broadcast events.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
139 words
A system for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying a corresponding set of associated internet locations comprising: a television for broadcasting a series of television events; and a remote control for controlling the television, the remote control comprising an event selection button to allow a viewer to mark a set of selected broadcast events the event selection button coupled to a channel register to read channel data and a clock circuit to access a date and time data associated with each selected event; and a network accessing unit, wherein the network accessing unit having an activity table comprising event identifying data generated in response to the activation of the event selection button and transmits the activity table to an online central database for generating a set of internet locations associated with the set of selected broadcast events.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of recording viewer-selected broadcast events of claim 4 wherein the remote control further comprises a network access button to allow a viewer direct access to and for displaying websites of selected event.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of recording viewer-selected broadcast events of claim 4 wherein the remote control further comprises an upload function button to provide a transmission of the activity table from remote control to a network access unit.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying an associated set of internet locations comprising: selecting by a viewer a set of broadcast events using a remote control; storing in response to each viewer activation of an event select button on the remote control an activity record comprising a date and time data from a clock circuit and a channel data from a channel register, each activity record stored into an activity table associated with the set of selected broadcast events; transmitting the activity table through a network access unit to a central database on the net; and generating a set of internet locations and website hotlinks in response to each activity entry correlating to events identified by the activity table, wherein the set of internet locations and website hotlinks can be used by the viewer to access and display selected internet locations.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying an associated set of internet locations comprising: selecting by a viewer a set of broadcast events using a remote control; storing in response to each viewer activation of an event select button on the remote control an activity record comprising a date and time data from a clock circuit and a channel data from a channel register, each activity record stored into an activity table associated with the set of selected broadcast events; transmitting the activity table through a network access unit to a central database on the net; and generating a set of internet locations and website hotlinks in response to each activity entry correlating to events identified by the activity table, wherein the set of internet locations and website hotlinks can be used by the viewer to access and display selected internet locations.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events of claim 7 wherein the network access unit comprises a personal computer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events of claim 7 wherein the network access unit comprises a set top box.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
120 words
A method for marking and recording listener-selected radio broadcast events comprising the steps of: selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a listener an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the listener activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
120 words
A method for marking and recording listener-selected radio broadcast events comprising the steps of: selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a listener an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the listener activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
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