System and method for interactive television

• US 20030093791A1
• Filed: 11/09/2001
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Serghine, Maklouf, Espanol, Joanes C., Julia, Luc E., Bing, Jehan G.
• Application Number:
  US10/006,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20030093791A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8545 for generating interactive applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A system and method for interactive television over a network includes a television, computer and at least one content provider connected to a network. Television content is transmitted to a television. Interactive content corresponding to the television content is transmitted to the computer via a network. A viewer using a computer with a graphical interface is able to respond to the interactive content and transmit commands to the television via the network.

Claims

1. A method of interacting with a device comprising the step of:

receiving from a network a signal, the signal sent to the network from a computer responsive to an input, wherein the signal facilitates the changing of a state of the device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the device is a television.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer includes a graphical interface.

4. A method of interacting with a device coupled to a network comprising the steps of:

receiving from a network a signal generated by computer responsive to an input, the signal used to change a state of a device; and

transmitting the signal to a device.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the device is a television.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the computer includes a graphical interface.

7. A system for interacting between a computer and a device wherein the computer and device are connected to a network, the system comprising a computer with a graphical interface and a set-top box, wherein the set-top box receives from a network a signal generated by computer responsive to an input, the signal used to change a state of a device, and wherein the set-top box transmits the signal to a device.

8. A method for interacting with a device comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal at a first device;

receiving interactive content at a computer, the interactive content corresponding to a signal received at a device; and

displaying the interactive content on a display of the computer.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the interactive content received at a computer is responsive to the signal received at a device.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the interactive content is received at a computer simultaneous with the signal received at a device.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the device is a television.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the interactive content is received over a network.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the second device is a computer.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the computer has a graphical interface.

15. A method for interacting with a device comprising the steps of:

transmitting a signal to a device; and

transmitting interactive content to a computer, the interactive content corresponding to the signal transmitted to the first device.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the device is a television.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising displaying the interactive content on the second device.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the interactive content is received over a network.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the second device is a computer.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the computer has a graphical interface.