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US7340763B1
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Internet browsing from a television
Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
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Filing: 2000-09-26
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Granted: 2008-03-04
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Expires: 2020-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A system for automatically using internet information which is contained within a commercial on an entertainment medium e.g. television. The system determines information indicative of the web address. This can be done automatically by optical character recognition or by storing information indicative of the web address in an interval of the television signal. Once obtained, the information is sent, either to a user's computer, or to a central office which sends an e-mail to the user. In this way, the information can be used to automatically jump to a web site of the advertiser.
Inventors
- 👤 Scott C. Harris
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 09:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/80; H04N21/81; H04N21/8166; H04N21/8173; H04N7/00; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N7/17309; H04N7/17318; H04N21/40; H04N21/45; H04N21/462; H04N21/4622; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/4722; H04N21/4725; H04N21/478; H04N21/4782; H04N21/4786; H04N21/812; H04N21/85; H04N21/858; H04N21/8586
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
230 words
A system, comprising: a television remote which has a first communication part, operating to communicate wirelessly to a television that is controlled by said television remote, said television remote having first buttons controlling at least a plurality of functions on the controlled television, and wherein the controlled television is separate from said television remote, said television remote mounted in a housing, which housing is totally separate from the television being communicated with and controlled by the remote, and said television remote also having a command which accesses information from a supplemental signal that represents a link to additional information, which link can be selected by actuation of said remote to find said additional information from a database that is separate from said remote, and where said additional information provides additional information about a television program which represents program content that has been received over a program content receiving channel and is being currently displayed on a display of the television, wherein said television remote also includes a second communication part, that operates to communicate wirelessly with a separate computer, to send said additional information to said separate computer indicative of said link having been selected and to cause display of said information from said supplemental signal on a display of the separate computer, and where said display of said separate computer is totally separate from the display of the television.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
230 words
A system, comprising: a television remote which has a first communication part, operating to communicate wirelessly to a television that is controlled by said television remote, said television remote having first buttons controlling at least a plurality of functions on the controlled television, and wherein the controlled television is separate from said television remote, said television remote mounted in a housing, which housing is totally separate from the television being communicated with and controlled by the remote, and said television remote also having a command which accesses information from a supplemental signal that represents a link to additional information, which link can be selected by actuation of said remote to find said additional information from a database that is separate from said remote, and where said additional information provides additional information about a television program which represents program content that has been received over a program content receiving channel and is being currently displayed on a display of the television, wherein said television remote also includes a second communication part, that operates to communicate wirelessly with a separate computer, to send said additional information to said separate computer indicative of said link having been selected and to cause display of said information from said supplemental signal on a display of the separate computer, and where said display of said separate computer is totally separate from the display of the television.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said television remote transmits a command that causes said information to be displayed only at a next startup of a process on said separate computer, and not to be immediately displayed on said separate computer and not to be displayed until said next startup.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said information is added to a list of internet favorites on said separate computer, where said list of internet favorites represents internet website addresses obtained from said hyperlink.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as in claim 3 , wherein said supplemental signal is a hyperlink to a website, and said requested information displays said information from said hyperlink on a personal computer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said command actuated by said television remote accesses information and causes an email to be sent to said user.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said supplemental signal includes an indication of a referring source.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said command actuated by said television remote accesses information and carries out actions that command making a purchase of an item that is displayed on the television.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said remote includes a separate receiver which receives supplemental signals that are associated with a program that is currently being displayed on the television.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said television program that is currently being displayed on the display of the television, and with which the supplemental signal is associated, is a television program obtained from a television broadcast.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
60 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said second communication part of said television remote operates to send said additional information to said second computer only if said additional information is selected during a time while it is being displayed, whereby indicating that said access is desired after said supplemental information is displayed does not cause said wirelessly sending.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as in claim 1 , wherein said program content receiving channel is one of a satellite media or cable TV channel.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
157 words
A method, comprising: using a remote control device for an entertainment media at a first time to produce a wireless signal that is used to control television-displayed programming content that is being delivered by said entertainment media, said remote mounted in a housing, which housing is totally separate from a housing of the entertainment media being controlled by the remote control device; and using said remote control device at a second time, to indicate that access is desired to information associated with a supplemental signal that is associated with a television program which represents program content that is received over a program content receiving channel, that is being currently displayed on the entertainment media, responsive to said remote control device being used to indicate that access is desired to contents associated with said supplemental signal, wirelessly sending information indicative of the supplemental signal to a separate computer, which separate computer has a separate display from said television.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
157 words
A method, comprising: using a remote control device for an entertainment media at a first time to produce a wireless signal that is used to control television-displayed programming content that is being delivered by said entertainment media, said remote mounted in a housing, which housing is totally separate from a housing of the entertainment media being controlled by the remote control device; and using said remote control device at a second time, to indicate that access is desired to information associated with a supplemental signal that is associated with a television program which represents program content that is received over a program content receiving channel, that is being currently displayed on the entertainment media, responsive to said remote control device being used to indicate that access is desired to contents associated with said supplemental signal, wirelessly sending information indicative of the supplemental signal to a separate computer, which separate computer has a separate display from said television.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as in claim 12 , wherein said television program associated with the supplemental signal is a television program obtained from a television broadcast.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
A method as in claim 12 , wherein said wirelessly sending operates to wirelessly send said information only if said remote control device is used to indicate that said access is desired during a time while said supplemental information is displayed, whereby indicating that said access is desired after said supplemental information is displayed does not cause said wirelessly sending.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as in claim 12 , wherein said program content receiving channel is one of a satellite media or cable TV channel.
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