Ipg With Dvd Ordering Facility
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1. An interactive program guide that is operable to display on a screen or monitor at least one identifier associated with an audio/visual media;
- receive an interactive user selection of one of the identified audio/visual media; and
display an order instruction for ordering the selected audio/visual media for non-electronic delivery, the order instruction preferably including a code/identifier indicative of the user selection.
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Abstract
An interactive television system for displaying on a screen or monitor at least one user selectable identifier (164) associated with an audio/visual media that is available for delivery via a non-electronic channel. Selection of one of the identified audio/visual media causes an order instruction (181) for the user to be displayed, typically including a telephone number (207) that has to be used to place the order and a code (206) for identifying the user selection.
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1. An interactive program guide that is operable to display on a screen or monitor at least one identifier associated with an audio/visual media;
- receive an interactive user selection of one of the identified audio/visual media; and
display an order instruction for ordering the selected audio/visual media for non-electronic delivery, the order instruction preferably including a code/identifier indicative of the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- receive an interactive user selection of one of the identified audio/visual media; and
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16. An interactive television system comprising means for displaying on a screen or monitor at least one identifier associated with an audio/visual media that is available for delivery via a non-electronic channel;
- means for receiving an interactive user selection of one of the identified audio/visual media;
means for displaying on the screen or monitor an order instruction for the user including instructions for ordering the selected audio/visual media, and means for receiving an order from the user via a telephone or internet network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
- means for receiving an interactive user selection of one of the identified audio/visual media;
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