Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments
First Claim
1. A method for generating and creating content to be associated with a program by using one or more addresses identifying one or more online information sources, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating online content, wherein the online content is intended to be presented automatically at a user device concurrently with or in conjunction with the program and wherein the online content is related to the program; and
selecting at least one address, wherein the address identifies the online content at a particular online information source.
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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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137 Claims
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1. A method for generating and creating content to be associated with a program by using one or more addresses identifying one or more online information sources, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating online content, wherein the online content is intended to be presented automatically at a user device concurrently with or in conjunction with the program and wherein the online content is related to the program; and
selecting at least one address, wherein the address identifies the online content at a particular online information source. - 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)
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44. A method for generating programming and corresponding related online information content obtained from an online information source, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating programming;
generating online information content, wherein the online information content is intended to be retrieved and displayed automatically at a user device concurrently with or in conjunction with the programming; and
selecting an address, wherein the address specifies the online information source associated with the online information content. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 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)
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88. A computer readable medium containing instructions for generating and creating information content, to be associated with programming by using addresses identifying online information sources associated with the information content, by:
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generating information content, wherein the content is intended to be displayed automatically at a user device concurrently with or in conjunction with the programming; and
selecting an address, wherein the address specifies an online information source associated with the content. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137)
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131. A method for enabling retrieval over a network from at least one server on the network on-line information segments having respective predetermined timing relationship with and content related to video programming, the on-line information segments being for display in the respective predetermined timing relationship with the presentation of the video programming, comprising the steps of:
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creating the on-line information segments;
storing the created on-line information segments at respective ones of the at least one server on the network; and
providing at least one address in respective specified timing relationship with the video programming, the at least one address being usable for retrieving over the network from respective ones of the at least one server the created on-line information segments for display in respective predetermined timing relationship with the presentation of the video programming.
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