Interactive television application with research features
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1. A method comprising:
- implementing an interactive television application using user equipment to provide interactive services to a user; and
generating an individual data record for each one of a series of discrete acts that occurred to interface the user and-the interactive television application.
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Abstract
Systems and Methods for an interactive television application are implemented to have data collection features. Data may be collected on acts that occur to interface a user and the interactive television application that has been implemented on user equipment. The acts may be discrete acts such as user key entries on a remote control, displays that are generated by the interactive television application, channels changes, etc. Duration information may be recorded. A data record may be generated for each discrete act. Data records may be in a format that is compatible with conventional database applications.
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135 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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implementing an interactive television application using user equipment to provide interactive services to a user; and
generating an individual data record for each one of a series of discrete acts that occurred to interface the user and-the interactive television application. - 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)
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32. A method comprising:
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implementing an interactive television application using user equipment to provide interactive television services to a user;
collecting data representing actions taken by the user and the interactive television application; and
sending the collected data and a software version for the interactive television application to a central facility. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 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)
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46. A system comprising:
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means providing an interactive television application implemented using user equipment to provide interactive services to a user; and
means for generating an individual data record for each one of a series of discrete acts that occurred to interface the user and the interactive television application.
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77. A system comprising:
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means for providing an interactive television application implemented using user equipment to provide interactive television services to a user;
means for collecting data representing actions taken by the user and the interactive television application; and
means for sending the collected data and a software version for the interactive television application to a central facility. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A system comprising:
user equipment that provides interactive services to a user using an interactive television application, and that generates an individual data record for each one of a series of discrete acts that occurred to interface the user and the interactive television application. - View Dependent Claims (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, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135)
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122. A system comprising:
user equipment that provides interactive television services to a user using an interactive television application, that collects data representing actions taken by the user and the interactive television application, and sends the collected data and a software version for the interactive television application to a central facility.
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