Method and system for supplementing television programming with e-mailed magazines
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface for generating a mask to be combined with video programming, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a billboard group comprising billboard triggers;
an article group comprising article triggers;
a mask template; and
an insertion component configured to allow a user to insert one or more of the triggers from the billboard group and the article group into the mask template.
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Abstract
An interactive television system and method for generating video programming combined with triggers and then, in turn, for viewing that video programming as the triggers present information associated with the triggers. When triggered by the viewer, the remote control will generate a request using a user interface coupled to at least one of the set top box or the television, the request being based on a user selection of the presented information associated with the triggers; that request will retrieve information at the request processing system based on the generated request; and present the retrieved information that is based on the request at a user computer system coupled to the request processing system.
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15 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface for generating a mask to be combined with video programming, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a billboard group comprising billboard triggers;
an article group comprising article triggers;
a mask template; and
an insertion component configured to allow a user to insert one or more of the triggers from the billboard group and the article group into the mask template. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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7. A method for generating a mask to be combined with video programming, the method comprising:
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presenting a billboard group comprising billboard triggers;
presenting an article group comprising article triggers; and
inserting one or more of the presented triggers from the billboard group and the article group into a mask template. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. A graphic user interface for associating triggers for enhancing programming with video programming comprising:
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a database of triggers;
means for associating one or a plurality of frames within the video programming with a specific trigger; and
video programming recording means for recording the one or plurality of frames within the video programming along with the associated triggers.
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