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Systems and methods for linking television viewers with advertisers and broadcasters

  • US 6,002,394 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1997
  • Issued: 12/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interactive television system having a display screen comprising:

  • means for storing television schedule information including television program titles;

    means for displaying some of the schedule information including television program titles on the screen;

    means for selecting one of the displayed television program titles;

    a plurality of Internet data sources, each data source having a unique address;

    means responsive to the television program title selecting means for searching the Internet to identify one or more data sources from the plurality of Internet data sources having data contextually related to the selected television program title;

    means for selecting a data source from the one or more identified data sources having data contextually related to the selected television program title;

    means responsive to the data source selecting means for establishing a link to the selected data source according to the unique address of the selected data source;

    means for searching the linked data source for the data contextually related to the selected television program title; and

    means for displaying the data from the linked data source on the screen.

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