METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING VIEWERS TO PURCHASE PROGRAM PRODUCTS
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Abstract
To allow viewers to easily purchase products shown in entertainment programs, the viewers call an operator terminal. The operator terminal is networked to a central controller, which is also networked to remote terminals. Remote terminal operators enter data about props used in programs, copies of which are to be offered for sale. These remote terminals transmit this data to the central controller for storage in a database. Operators at the operator terminals can access the data stored at the central controller to respond calls from viewers seeking to purchase products.
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58 Claims
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41. A method, comprising:
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providing a web interface via which a viewer of an entertainment program may purchase a plurality of props used in the entertainment program;
receiving, from the viewer, an indication of one of the plurality of props that the viewer desires to purchase;
determining, based on the received indication, information associated with the desired one of the plurality of props;
providing the information to the viewer;
receiving, after the providing of the information, a verification that the viewer desires to purchase the desired one of the plurality of props; and
selling the desired one of the plurality of props to the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58)
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53. A method, comprising:
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receiving, via a web interface and from a viewer, an indication of an entertainment program recording identifier associated with an entertainment program;
receiving, via the web interface and from the viewer, an indication of a prop from the entertainment program that the viewer desires to purchase;
identifying, based on the received indications, the entertainment program and the desired prop; and
selling the desired prop to the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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