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Interactive television system and method for viewer control of multiple camera viewpoints in broadcast programming

  • US 5,600,368 A
  • Filed: 11/09/1994
  • Issued: 02/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system comprising:

  • a display unit to receive a broadcast program which is filmed using multiple cameras situated at various camera viewpoints, the broadcast program having a primary channel and multiple virtual channels associated with the primary channel, the virtual channels carrying video signals from corresponding cameras;

    a remote control handset remotely coupled to the display unit, the remote control handset having dedicated camera control buttons for selecting corresponding virtual channels to thereby choose a desired camera viewpoint; and

    the dedicated camera control buttons being arranged in a correlating pattern to the camera viewpoints to directly map the camera control buttons on the remote control handset to the camera viewpoints so that a viewer can choose a desired camera viewpoint using intuitive control of the camera control buttons without diverting the viewer'"'"'s eyes from the display unit.

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