Television event marking system
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1. A method for marking and recording viewer-selected TV broadcast events comprising the steps of:
- selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises;
activating by a viewer an event select button on the remote control; and
detecting in response to the viewer activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and
storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
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Abstract
A system for bookmarking viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying a set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks, comprising the selection of a set of broadcast events using a remote control, and storing a set of event-identifier data associated with the set of selected broadcast events in an activity table, and then generating a set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks by comparing the set of event identifiers with a database of TV schedules, events and company information. The generated set of associated internet locations or website hotlinks can then be used by viewer for access to and display of the selected internet locations associated with the set of selected broadcast events.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for marking and recording viewer-selected TV broadcast events comprising the steps of:
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selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a viewer an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the viewer activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying a corresponding set of associated internet locations comprising:
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a television for broadcasting a series of television events; and a remote control for controlling the television, the remote control comprising an event selection button to allow a viewer to mark a set of selected broadcast events the event selection button coupled to a channel register to read channel data and a clock circuit to access a date and time data associated with each selected event; and a network accessing unit, wherein the network accessing unit having an activity table comprising event identifying data generated in response to the activation of the event selection button and transmits the activity table to an online central database for generating a set of internet locations associated with the set of selected broadcast events. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A method for recording viewer selected TV broadcast events and displaying an associated set of internet locations comprising:
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selecting by a viewer a set of broadcast events using a remote control; storing in response to each viewer activation of an event select button on the remote control an activity record comprising a date and time data from a clock circuit and a channel data from a channel register, each activity record stored into an activity table associated with the set of selected broadcast events; transmitting the activity table through a network access unit to a central database on the net; and generating a set of internet locations and website hotlinks in response to each activity entry correlating to events identified by the activity table, wherein the set of internet locations and website hotlinks can be used by the viewer to access and display selected internet locations. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for marking and recording listener-selected radio broadcast events comprising the steps of:
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selecting a set of broadcast events using a remote control, wherein the step of selecting a set of broadcast events comprises; activating by a listener an event select button on the remote control; and detecting in response to the listener activating the event select button an associated date and time data from a real time clock circuit and an associated channel data from a channel register corresponding to the selected event; and storing a set of event-identifiers associated with the set of selected broadcast events, comprising storing the detected date and time data and the detected channel data as an activity record in an activity table.
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