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System for nonlinear viewing of television show segments

  • US 6,977,691 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/2000
  • Issued: 12/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for nonlinear viewing of television segments comprising:

  • a television broadcast transmitter including means for generating and transmitting main uncompressed broadcast television signals and separate ancillary uncompressed broadcast television signals with separate television show segment related to said main television signals;

    a television receiver system for receiving said main television signals and for receiving and storing in a cache memory the uncompressed broadcast ancillary television signal including the separate television show segment; and

    selective means at the television receiver for providing either the uncompressed broadcast main television signals or the uncompressed broadcast ancillary television signals with the separate television show segment to a display of said television receiver said television signals are transmitted over a digital television channel subdivided into several subchannels of multiplexed signals and wherein one of said subchannels contains said main uncompressed broadcast television signals and the other subchannels provide ancillary uncompressed broadcast signals;

    said main uncompressed broadcast subchannel carries the control data for updating and removing old subchannel segments and storing new ones.

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