System and method for recording and playing back interactive content during a broadcast event
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1. A method for enhancing content during a broadcast event for remote viewers having a local storage device for storing the broadcast event and playing back the broadcast event, the method comprising:
- the local storage device storing the broadcast event;
a personal interactivity recorder (PIR) storing interactive content provided from a server system and related to the broadcast event and temporally associating the interactive content with the broadcast event;
when the broadcast event is played back from storage, the PIR providing to the user the interactive content during times within the stored broadcast event when such content would have been displayed when the event was broadcast.
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Abstract
A system and method for interactive events relating to broadcast content, whether provided over the television, internet, or other means, provides messages that can be transmitted to different types of user devices, including personal computers, set top boxes, net top boxes, and wireless clients. The system can be used with personal recorders by recording interactive content for display with the broadcast when the recorder is used to play back the broadcast.
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1. A method for enhancing content during a broadcast event for remote viewers having a local storage device for storing the broadcast event and playing back the broadcast event, the method comprising:
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the local storage device storing the broadcast event;
a personal interactivity recorder (PIR) storing interactive content provided from a server system and related to the broadcast event and temporally associating the interactive content with the broadcast event;
when the broadcast event is played back from storage, the PIR providing to the user the interactive content during times within the stored broadcast event when such content would have been displayed when the event was broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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13. A system for use with a local storage device for storing the broadcast event and playing back the broadcast event, the system including a personal interactivity recorder (PIR) for storing interactive content related to the broadcast event and transmitted at the time of the broadcast event and temporally associating the interactive content with the broadcast event, such that when the broadcast event is played back from storage, the PIR provides to the user the interactive content during times within the stored broadcast event when such content would have been displayed when the event was broadcast.
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