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Data processing system and method for implementing programmable distribution of information by a video server

  • US 6,412,111 B1
  • Filed: 10/09/1997
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a communication system comprising the steps of:

  • broadcasting a first program content and first program data, said first program data generated whenever a portion of said first program content references a second program content;

    receiving said first program content and said first program data and displaying said first program content concurrent with an observable first indicator, said observable first indicator generated in response to a decode of said first program data;

    issuing a select command by a user receiving said first program content in response to a presence of said observable first indicator;

    storing said first program data in response to said select command;

    receiving second program data; and

    comparing first selected data within said stored first program data to second selected data within said second program data, wherein said first selected data comprises a specified broadcast time and date and a corresponding broadcast frequency for said second program content.

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