Systems and methods for providing a network link between broadcast content and content located on a computer network
First Claim
1. A system for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network, comprisinga database storing tokens representative of links to the content stored on a computer network, and storing delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering the token,a trigger mechanism for indicating an instruction to deliver a token over the television network, the trigger mechanism generating a signal indicating a respective one of the stored tokens and indicating a time for starting the delivery of the respective token,a communications interface having a channel in communication with a television set box device for transferring the respective token to the television set box device;
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Abstract
The invention relates, in various aspects, to systems and methods for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network. The system includes a database, a trigger mechanism, a communications interface, and a packet generator. The database stores tokens representative of links to the stored content and delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering the token. The trigger mechanism indicates an instruction to deliver a token over the television network, generating a signal indicating a respective one of the stored tokens and a time for starting the delivery of the respective token. The communications interface has a channel in communication with a television set box device for transferring the respective token to the television set box device. The packet generator generates packets within a stream of television content to be broadcast over the television network.
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1. A system for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network, comprising
a database storing tokens representative of links to the content stored on a computer network, and storing delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering the token, a trigger mechanism for indicating an instruction to deliver a token over the television network, the trigger mechanism generating a signal indicating a respective one of the stored tokens and indicating a time for starting the delivery of the respective token, a communications interface having a channel in communication with a television set box device for transferring the respective token to the television set box device; - and
a packet generator for generating packets within a stream of television content to be broadcast over the television network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for linking a content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network, comprising
analyzing a television network and identifying a network location being adjacent to a channel directly coupling to a user site, locating a communications interface at the identified location and coupling the communications interface to the channel in communication with the user site, providing a database having a plurality of stored tokens representative of links to the content stored on a computer network, and storing delivery information representative of at least a duration for delivering a respective token, and triggering delivery of a respective token over the television network, wherein triggering causes a packet generator at the communications interface to generate packets within a stream of television content to be broadcast over the television network.
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