COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A communications terminal for processing data, the terminal comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast content, a transmitter for transmitting a request for supplementary data, a control input for receiving control signals, and a processor for identifying the content currently being received by the receiver, and generating a request for additional content associated with the currently-received content to be transmitted to a predetermined address other than that of the generator of the request, and for transmitting the generated request to a predetermined service provider.
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Abstract
Supplementary data associated with a broadcast transmission (5, 26) is made available to the viewer by identifying the content currently being received at a user terminal (2). The user generates a request for data which includes the identity of the broadcast content. This request is transmitted from the user terminal (2) to a content provision platform (4). The content provision platform retrieves supplementary data associated with the identified broadcast content and delivers the supplementary data to a predetermined return address (9).
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- 1. A communications terminal for processing data, the terminal comprising a receiver for receiving broadcast content, a transmitter for transmitting a request for supplementary data, a control input for receiving control signals, and a processor for identifying the content currently being received by the receiver, and generating a request for additional content associated with the currently-received content to be transmitted to a predetermined address other than that of the generator of the request, and for transmitting the generated request to a predetermined service provider.
- 8. A content provision processor having a data comparison processor for identifying a concordance between broadcast content and supplementary data associated with the broadcast content, an input for receiving data requests from one or more client devices identifying broadcast content and a delivery address other than the origin of the request, a retrieval system for retrieving the supplementary data associated with the broadcast content identified in such requests, and a transmission system for transmitting the retrieved supplementary data to the delivery address specified in the request.
- 13. A method of retrieving supplementary data associated with a broadcast transmission by identifying the broadcast content currently being received at a receiver, generating a request for data, the request including the identity of the broadcast content, transmitting the request to a content provision processor, at the content provision processor retrieving supplementary data associated with the identified broadcast content and delivering the supplementary data so identified to a predetermined delivery address other than that of the generator of the request.
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