AUTOMATIC CONTACT INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting contact information, the method comprising:
- a digital video recorder (DVR) receiving a user'"'"'s contact information and storing the contact information;
the DVR receiving, in association with (a) a television program or advertisement that the DVR is receiving, (b) recorded content, or (c) content that the DVR is receiving over the Internet, a tag of a particular type that indicates to the DVR that an interested party wants to receive the user'"'"'s content information;
in response to the DVR receiving the tag of the particular type, the DVR requesting the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to an interested party that is associated with the tag; and
in response to the DVR receiving the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party, the DVR sending the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party over a network.
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Abstract
According to one aspect, a DVR sends a user'"'"'s contact information over a network to an interested party. The DVR prompts the user to enter contact information. After the user has supplied the requested contact information to the DVR, the DVR stores the contact information on the DVR'"'"'s hard disk drive. Upon determining that a television program or advertisement contains a special tag that is associated with an interested party, the DVR displays, to the user, a prompt that invites the DVR user to allow the DVR to send the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party. If the user gives permission for the DVR to send the contact information to the interested party, then the DVR sends the contact information to the interested party (e.g., over the Internet).
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26 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting contact information, the method comprising:
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a digital video recorder (DVR) receiving a user'"'"'s contact information and storing the contact information; the DVR receiving, in association with (a) a television program or advertisement that the DVR is receiving, (b) recorded content, or (c) content that the DVR is receiving over the Internet, a tag of a particular type that indicates to the DVR that an interested party wants to receive the user'"'"'s content information; in response to the DVR receiving the tag of the particular type, the DVR requesting the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to an interested party that is associated with the tag; and in response to the DVR receiving the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party, the DVR sending the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device configured to:
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receive a user'"'"'s contact information and storing the contact information; receive, in association with (a) a television program or advertisement that the device is receiving, (b) recorded content, or (c) content that the device is receiving over the Internet, a tag of a particular type that indicates to the device that an interested party wants to receive the user'"'"'s content information; in response to the device receiving the tag of the particular type, the device requesting the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to an interested party that is associated with the tag; and in response to the device receiving the user'"'"'s permission to send the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party, the device sending the user'"'"'s contact information to the interested party over a network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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