Interactive Computer System For Providing Television Schedule Information
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule and/or listing information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule and/or listing information may be stored on the viewer'"'"'s computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule and/or listing information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer'"'"'s computer, television or PCTV.
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56 Claims
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1-47. -47. (canceled)
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48. A method for displaying video clips over the Internet, comprising:
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providing a system including a server module and a data port; receiving a request for a web page via the data port; generating the web page, wherein the web page includes a first selectable program identifier for linking a viewer of the web page to a first remote server and a second selectable program identifier for linking the viewer to a second remote server; and
wherein the generating step is performed by the server module; andcausing the remote server to provide a video clip corresponding to the first program identifier, wherein the video clip is provided over a data network for immediate viewing, and wherein the causing step is performed by the server module. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system for displaying video clips over the Internet, the system comprising:
a web server configured to generate a web page of selectable program identifiers, wherein a first program identifier includes a programmatic action for linking a viewer interface to a first remote server, and wherein a second program identifier includes a programmatic action for linking the viewer interface to a second remote server, and wherein the programmatic action causes the first remote server to provide a video clip corresponding to the first program identifier to the viewer interface, and wherein the programmatic action causes the first remote server to provide the video clip over a data network for immediate viewing.
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