Method and system for the integrated supply of telematic services and graphic information to user terminals, particularly for advertising purposes
First Claim
1. A method for the integrated supply of telematic services and graphic information to user terminals, including the steps of:
- providing at least one source of telematic services which generates information messages,providing a network for linking the user terminals to the source of telematic services, wherein said network enables the transmission of information messages from the source of telematic services to the user terminals;
providing each user terminal with a graphics function for generating non-elementary image components on a screen wherein said non-elementary image components are determined by command messages transmitted through the network int he same way as the information messages,providing at least one source of graphic information by storing command messages in a data bank,including within each command message, image component information including component configuration type, size, location, and color,supplying the graphic information to said user terminals by transmitting sets of command messages and concomitantly therewith transmitting information messages related to the graphic information,providing at least some of the user terminals with a function for user generation of command message sets, wherein said user generated command message sets produce a graphic message on the screens of user terminals and are completed by said function before transfer to the source of telematic services, andproviding means for storing said user generated command message sets within said at least one graphic information source.
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Abstract
The user terminals linked to the system are provided with a graphics function capable of generating particular non-elementary image components on the screen of each terminal in dependence on respective input commands. The graphic information is supplied to the user terminals in a manner integrated with the telematic services. The information is supplied after the selection of the preselected command from a command menu, and the formulation, still operating by selection, of the whole requirement, the transmission of which enables the system to produce the graphic advertising insertion associated with the retrieval effected.
The proposed application has been developed for use in the supply of telematic services such as data banks, Electronic Yellow Pages, home banking, electronic mail and the like.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for the integrated supply of telematic services and graphic information to user terminals, including the steps of:
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providing at least one source of telematic services which generates information messages, providing a network for linking the user terminals to the source of telematic services, wherein said network enables the transmission of information messages from the source of telematic services to the user terminals; providing each user terminal with a graphics function for generating non-elementary image components on a screen wherein said non-elementary image components are determined by command messages transmitted through the network int he same way as the information messages, providing at least one source of graphic information by storing command messages in a data bank, including within each command message, image component information including component configuration type, size, location, and color, supplying the graphic information to said user terminals by transmitting sets of command messages and concomitantly therewith transmitting information messages related to the graphic information, providing at least some of the user terminals with a function for user generation of command message sets, wherein said user generated command message sets produce a graphic message on the screens of user terminals and are completed by said function before transfer to the source of telematic services, and providing means for storing said user generated command message sets within said at least one graphic information source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for the integrated supply of telematic and graphic information services to user terminals, comprising:
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at least one source of telematic services which generates information messages, a network for connecting the user terminals to the source of telematic services, wherein said network enables the transmission of the information messages, graphic display means located at each user terminal for generating non-elementary image components on a screen, wherein said non-elementary image components are determined by command messages, transmitted through the network in the same way as the information messages; at least one source of graphic information containing a data bank of the command messages, transmission means for the concomitant transmission of the information messages and command messages through the network to the user terminals, wherein each command message includes image component information describing component configuration type, size, location, and color. user generation means within at least some of the user terminals for local user generation of command message sets, wherein said user generated command message sets produce a graphic message on the screens of user terminals and are completed by said user generation means before transfer to the source of telematic services, and means for storing said user generated command message sets within said at least one graphic information source. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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