Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments
First Claim
1. A system for providing a programming signal containing a program and at least one address identifying online content relating to the program from an online information source, the system comprising:
- an encoder, wherein the encoder encodes the address and the program into the programming signal; and
a transmitter for transmitting the programming signal;
wherein, at some time after provision of the address, the online content is automatically retrieved and played to a user in conjunction with the program.
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Abstract
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 interpreted by the system and direct the system to the Web site locations to retrieve related Web pages. Upon receipt of the Web pages by the system, the Web pages are synchronized to the video content for display. The video program signal can be displayed on a video window on a conventional personal computer screen. The actual retrieved Web pages are time stamped to also be displayed, on another portion of the display screen, when predetermined related video content is displayed in the video window. As an alternative, the computer-based system receives the URLs directly through an Internet connection, at times specified by TV broadcasters in advance. The system interprets the URLs and retrieves the appropriate Web pages. The Web pages are synchronized to the video content for display in conjunction with a television program being broadcast to the user at that time. This alternative system allows the URLs to be entered for live transmission to the user.
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190 Claims
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1. A system for providing a programming signal containing a program and at least one address identifying online content relating to the program from an online information source, the system comprising:
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an encoder, wherein the encoder encodes the address and the program into the programming signal; and
a transmitter for transmitting the programming signal;
wherein, at some time after provision of the address, the online content is automatically retrieved and played to a user in conjunction with the program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190)
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57. A method for providing a programming signal containing a program and at least one address identifying online content relating to the program from an online information source, the method comprising:
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combining the address and the program into the programming signal; and
transmitting the programming signal to a user;
wherein, at some time after transmitting the address, the online content is automatically retrieved and presented to the user in conjunction with the program.
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113. A computer readable medium containing instructions for providing a programming signal containing a program and at least one address identifying online content relating to the program from an online information source, by:
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combining the address and the program into the programming signal; and
transmitting the programming signal;
wherein, at some time after transmitting the address, the online content is automatically retrieved and presented to a user in conjunction with the program.
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146. A computer readable medium as described in claim, wherein the address is selected based on a profile of a collection of users.
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169. A method for transmitting to a viewer video programming and at least one address useable for retrieving over a network from at least one server on the network on-line information segments having content related to the video programming for viewing in respective predetermined timing relationship with the video programming, comprising the steps of:
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providing the at least one address;
generating a signal carrying the video programming;
encoding the signal to carry the at least one address in respective specified timing relationship with the video programming; and
transmitting the signal encoded with the at least one address to a viewer, wherein the transmitted signal is used for presenting the video programming carried by the signal for viewing, and is decoded to extract the at least one address for retrieving the related on-line information segments over the network from the at least one server for viewing in respective predetermined timing relationship with the video programming.
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181. A system for transmitting to a viewer video programming and at least one address for retrieving over a network from at least one network server on the network on-line information segments having content related to the video programming for viewing in respective predetermined timing relationship with the video programming, comprising:
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a source of the at least one address;
a source of a signal carrying the video programming;
an encoder responsive to the source of the at least one address for encoding the signal carrying the video programming to carry the at least one address in respective specified timing relationship with the video programming; and
a broadcast system for transmitting the encoded signal to a viewer, wherein the transmitted signal is used for presenting the video programming carried by the signal for viewing, and is decoded to extract the at least one address for retrieving the related on-line information segments over the network from the at least one server for viewing in respective predetermined timing relationship with viewing of the video programming.
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