Interactive video communication system
First Claim
1. An interactive video communication system, comprising:
- a) a bi-directional communication channel;
b) a central information facility connected to the communication channel;
c) an interactive information database associated with the central information facility containing relatively low resolution video programming material with imbedded references to relatively high resolution color digital images selectable by a system user;
d) a data base associated with the central information facility containing the referenced relatively high resolution color digital images;
e) a printer processor associated with the central information facility for converting a viewer selected relatively high resolution color digital image to control signals for printing the image on a system user'"'"'s dumb color printer; and
f) a population of system users, each having a transceiver connected to the communication channel, a video display connected to the transceiver for displaying the relatively low resolution video programming material received from the central information facility, a dumb color printer for printing the relatively high resolution color images received by the transceiver from the central information facility, and a controller for selecting high resolution digital images referenced in the programming material.
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Abstract
An interactive video communication system, includes a bi-directional communication channel; a central information facility connected to the communication channel; an interactive information database associated with the central information facility containing video programming material with imbedded references to high resolution digital images selectable by a system user; a data base containing the referenced high resolution digital images; a printer processor for converting a viewer selected high resolution image to control signals for printing the image on a system user'"'"'s dumb color printer; and a population of system users, each having a transceiver connected to the communication channel, a video display connected to the transceiver for displaying video programming material received from the central information facility, a dumb color printer for printing high resolution color images received by the transceiver from the central information facility, and a controller for selecting high resolution digital images referenced in the programming material.
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5 Claims
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1. An interactive video communication system, comprising:
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a) a bi-directional communication channel; b) a central information facility connected to the communication channel; c) an interactive information database associated with the central information facility containing relatively low resolution video programming material with imbedded references to relatively high resolution color digital images selectable by a system user; d) a data base associated with the central information facility containing the referenced relatively high resolution color digital images; e) a printer processor associated with the central information facility for converting a viewer selected relatively high resolution color digital image to control signals for printing the image on a system user'"'"'s dumb color printer; and f) a population of system users, each having a transceiver connected to the communication channel, a video display connected to the transceiver for displaying the relatively low resolution video programming material received from the central information facility, a dumb color printer for printing the relatively high resolution color images received by the transceiver from the central information facility, and a controller for selecting high resolution digital images referenced in the programming material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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