Communication system and method
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Abstract
A remote control device for consumer broadcast receivers, particularly television and radio receivers, is disclosed. In addition to the remote control features normally found on such a device, the device also contains a display on which advertisements, product and service offers, and other information (collectively, “display data”) may be shown to the user. The device receives such display data via a radio link from one of a plurality of central processing stations. The user of the device may interact with such display data (for example, to purchase an advertised good), and the device may send back details of such interactions to a central processing station, which in turn may initiate a transaction with the appropriate sponsoring party.
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38 Claims
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1-35. -35. (canceled)
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36. A remote control apparatus for controlling a broadcast program receiver appliance, comprising:
a portable device including (i) a receiver for receipt of wireless incoming data transmissions from a host device via a communications network, the data transmission between the portable device and the host device via the communications network being independent from the transmission of the broadcast program and including first program cue data corresponding to a given broadcast program, (ii) software for recording second program cue data corresponding to a broadcast program accessed at the broadcast program receiver, (iii) a transmitter for sending wireless outgoing data transmissions to the host device via the communications network, and (iv) a display for visual presentation of at least a portion of the incoming data received by the portable device from the host device via the communications network, said portion of incoming data being displayed on the portable device in response to the matching of the first and second program cue data, such that the visual presentation on the display of the portable device has content related to the content of the broadcast program accessed at the broadcast program receiver. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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