USER CONTROLLED MULTIMEDIA TELEVISION BROADCAST ON SINGLE CHANNEL
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1. A system for providing a single channel viewer controlled television broadcast carrier system, comprising:
- a means for provided packaged content comprising means for packaging simultaneous streaming of a plurality of sources, at least one of which is chosen from the group consisting of;
(a) live television digital or analog video/audio feed, (b) recorded digital or analog video/audio, (c) recorded audio, (d) graphic signals, (e) data signals and (f) web based application links;
one or more personal web enabled devices for accessing the packaged content;
a device for displaying packaged content simultaneously to serve as a menu for viewer'"'"'s selection;
a means for deploying and presenting viewer selections from the menu; and
a means for the viewer to interact with the selected content.
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Abstract
A system and method for the user controlled television broadcast system packaging a live, simultaneous, multiple feed telecast and pre-determined multimedia content over a single channel with viewer manipulation components and methods to protect and generate commercial content are disclosed.
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1. A system for providing a single channel viewer controlled television broadcast carrier system, comprising:
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a means for provided packaged content comprising means for packaging simultaneous streaming of a plurality of sources, at least one of which is chosen from the group consisting of;
(a) live television digital or analog video/audio feed, (b) recorded digital or analog video/audio, (c) recorded audio, (d) graphic signals, (e) data signals and (f) web based application links;one or more personal web enabled devices for accessing the packaged content; a device for displaying packaged content simultaneously to serve as a menu for viewer'"'"'s selection; a means for deploying and presenting viewer selections from the menu; and a means for the viewer to interact with the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing a single channel viewer controlled television broadcast carrier system, comprising the steps of:
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generating packaged signals by packaging simultaneous streaming of a plurality of sources, at least one of which is chosen from the group consisting of;
(a) live, multiple television digital or analog video/audio feeds, (b) recorded digital or analog video/audio, (c) recorded audio, (d) graphic signals, (e) data signals and (f) web based application links;transmitting the packaged signals over a single channel to one or more viewers; accessing the packaged content by the viewers; displaying packaged content simultaneously to serve as a menu for viewer'"'"'s selection; deploying and presenting viewer selections from the menu; and accepting viewer input from an input device to interact with the selected content to select the specific content that the viewer wants to view over a single channel. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of protecting commercial content in a viewer'"'"'s controlled television broadcast system, comprising the steps of:
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identifying a pre-determined primary signal from a live television broadcast feed embedded with the commercial segment; delivering the primary signal into a pre-determined in-screen window in every viewer broadcast system; preventing the stoppage of the play of the primary signal for the duration of the commercial segment; and reverting back to the pre-commercial viewer screen configuration once the commercial segment is fully played. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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