Dual connection interactive video based communication system
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1. An apparatus for interactive video based communication comprising:
- a telephone based, multi-user access means for describing a request for information;
a random access information storage means for storing plural information tracks;
data processing means for receiving said request for information and selectively searching based on said request and generating identifying information indicating information tracks in said information storage means responsive to said request for information;
a telephone based communication link means connected to a plurality of remotely located receivers for configuring said receivers for selective storage or display of identified information tracks; and
transmitting means separately connected to said receivers for transmitting said identified information tracks in compressed video format to a plurality of said remotely located receivers, wherein said remotely located receivers include frame grabber means for selectively acquiring transmitted information tracks responsive to said search requests.
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Abstract
An interactive video based communication system provides apparatus and methods for user guided information retrieval in video frame format and transmission of the selected and retrieved information to a remote location for subsequent review and analysis. The storage of audio information in video frame format permits real time information compression allowing a one minute presentation to be transmitted in a fraction of a second.
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1. An apparatus for interactive video based communication comprising:
- a telephone based, multi-user access means for describing a request for information;
a random access information storage means for storing plural information tracks;
data processing means for receiving said request for information and selectively searching based on said request and generating identifying information indicating information tracks in said information storage means responsive to said request for information;
a telephone based communication link means connected to a plurality of remotely located receivers for configuring said receivers for selective storage or display of identified information tracks; and
transmitting means separately connected to said receivers for transmitting said identified information tracks in compressed video format to a plurality of said remotely located receivers, wherein said remotely located receivers include frame grabber means for selectively acquiring transmitted information tracks responsive to said search requests.
- a telephone based, multi-user access means for describing a request for information;
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2. An apparatus for interactive video-based communication comprising:
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a multi-user access means for entering a search request from a user; database storage means for storing plural tracks of information; processing means for searching said database storage means based on said search request and identifying information tracks in said database storage means responsive to said search request; first transmission means connected to a remotely located receiver for selectively configuring and authorizing said receiver for storage of said identified information tracks; second transmission means separately connected to said remotely located receiver for transmitting to said remote receiver a video signal comprised of said identified information tracks; said remotely located receiver including storage means for storing said identified information tracks responsive to said search request in response to said selective authorization. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for receiving signals from a mass storage system in an interactive video-based communication system comprising:
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first receiving means for receiving on a first communication link connected to said mass storage system a video signal comprised of user-requested data portions and a plurality of default transmissions, said default transmissions consisting of provider-selected data; memory means; second receiving means for receiving on a second communication link separately connected to said mass storage system authorization information from a service provider; video signal conveying means connected to said first receiving means and said second receiving means for conveying said user-requested data portions of said video signal to said memory means in response to receipt by said second receiving means of said authorization information and for conveying said plurality of default transmissions to said memory means in the absence of said authorization information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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