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System of transmitting an interactive TV signal

  • US 5,448,568 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1994
  • Issued: 09/05/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for generating interactive audio/visual programs comprising:

  • a source (18) of transport packets of compressed segmented video signal;

    a source (21) of transport packets of compressed audio signal;

    a source of interactive program modules associated with segments of said compressed segmented video signals;

    a source of signal modules for conditioning a receiver apparatus to suspend or renew processing of interactive programs;

    transport processor apparatus (14) for packeting said modules; and

    a multiplexer (16) for time division multiplexing interactive program transport packets with associated packets of compressed audio signal and corresponding segments of said compressed segmented video signals, and including packets of said signal modules correlated with changes of segments of said compressed segmented video signals and programmed to affect the execution of an interactive program associated with a segment occurring prior to a respective segment change.

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