Combining television broadcast and personalized/interactive information
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1. A method of presenting information, said method including steps for:
- presenting broadcast information;
simultaneously presenting interactive Web information; and
storing user preferences;
wherein said user preferences are used to determine how said broadcast information is presented in relationship to said interactive information and determine content of said interactive information;
wherein said broadcast information and said interactive information do not substantially obscure each other.
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved method and system for interactive broadcast and web information browsing. In embodiments of the invention, web information is presented in conjunction with a broadcast television image, either at an edge of the image screen or overlaid with the image screen in an opaque, transparent or translucent image. The presented web information is fully interactive and can be interacted with by the user using all known features of interactive web presentation.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of presenting information, said method including steps for:
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presenting broadcast information;
simultaneously presenting interactive Web information; and
storing user preferences;
wherein said user preferences are used to determine how said broadcast information is presented in relationship to said interactive information and determine content of said interactive information;
wherein said broadcast information and said interactive information do not substantially obscure each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
receiving interactive inputs related to said information; - and
selecting interactive information to present in response to said interactive inputs.
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10. A method as in claim 9, wherein said steps for selecting interactive information include steps for
transmitting at least one request for information to an information server; - and
receiving information from said information server in response to said request for information.
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11. A method of presenting information, said method including steps for:
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presenting broadcast information;
simultaneously presenting personalized Web information; and
storing user preferences;
wherein said user preferences are used to determine how said broadcast information is presented in relationship to said personalized information and determine content of said personalized information;
wherein said broadcast information and said personalized information do not substantially obscure each other. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
presenting said personalized information at an edge of a television screen; - and
presenting said broadcast information with an altered aspect ratio or size.
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24. A method as in claim 22, wherein said steps for presenting broadcast information and simultaneously presenting personalized information include steps for
presenting said personalized information overlaid on said broadcast information, said personalized information being presented at least partially translucently or transparently. -
25. A method as in claim 22, wherein said steps for presenting personalized information include steps for presenting said personalized information in response to an explicit request from an operator.
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26. A method as in claim 22, wherein said steps for presenting personalized information include steps for presenting said personalized information in response to an alert, said alert being responsive to an input from an operator.
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27. A method as in claim 11, wherein said steps for presenting personalized information include steps for filtering a sequence of content elements in response to a set of personalization information, said sequence of content elements including at least one non-text content element.
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28. A method as in claim 27, including steps for
storing a plurality of sets of said personalization information; - and
selecting one of said plurality of sets in response to an input from an operator.
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29. A method as in claim 27, including steps for storing said personalization information in a relatively persistent user profile.
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30. A method as in claim 11, wherein said steps for presenting personalized information include steps for
receiving interactive inputs related to said information; - and
selecting personalized information for presentation in response to said interactive inputs.
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31. A method as in claim 30, wherein said steps for receiving interactive inputs include steps for receiving a set of explicit personalization information from an operator.
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32. A method as in claim 30, wherein said steps for receiving interactive inputs include steps for
receiving a set of information requests from an operator; - and
determining a set of explicit personalization information responsive to said information requests.
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33. A method as in claim 30, wherein said steps for selecting personalized information include steps for selecting personalized information from a plurality of streams of information, said plurality of streams not being responsive to said inputs.
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34. A method as in claim 30, wherein said steps for selecting personalized information include steps for
transmitting at least one request for information to an information server; - and
receiving information from said information server in response to said request for information.
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