ACCESS TO INTERNET DATA THROUGH A TELEVISION SYSTEM
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Abstract
A television system provides access to Internet data simultaneously with a displayed television program. Data units including data address sites available through a networked computer system such as the Internet are embedded in a television signal along with a television program. Information representing the data address site, such as an icon or descriptive text, is displayed simultaneously with the television program on the television. If the user selects the data address site, a data retrieval terminal in two-way communication with the network and associated with the television establishes a connection with the network and requests the data corresponding to the selected data address site. The retrieved information is then formatted for display.
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56 Claims
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1-36. -36. (canceled)
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37. A method for recording multiple programs, the method comprising:
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receiving a user request to record multiple programs of a series of programs with a user apparatus; generating recording data in response to receiving the user request, wherein the recording data includes an address associated with the user apparatus and a recording sequence command; transmitting the recording data to the user apparatus associated with the address, wherein the user apparatus is configured to record the multiple programs in response to receiving the recording sequence command. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for recording multiple programs, the system comprising:
a processor, communicably coupled to a user input terminal and a user apparatus, and configured to; receive a user request, from the user input terminal, to record multiple programs of a series of programs with the user apparatus; generate recording data in response to receiving the user request, wherein the recording data includes an address associated with the user apparatus and a recording sequence command; transmit, to the user recording apparatus, the recording data to the user apparatus associated with the address, wherein the user apparatus is configured to record the multiple programs in response to receiving the recording sequence command. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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