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User terminal for channel-based internet network

  • US 7,506,066 B2
  • Filed: 04/07/2004
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A user terminal of a channel-based network, the user terminal comprising:

  • a memory circuit that is configured to store a channel table, the channel table including a plurality of channel numbers and a plurality of Internet Addresses, each said channel number having an associated said Internet address and an associated Internet site name;

    an input device for entering a selected channel number; and

    circuitry for reading the Internet address associated with the selected channel number from the memory circuit, and for transmitting the Internet address directly onto the Internet, thereby connecting the user terminal to a selected Internet site that is addressed by the Internet address associated with the selected channel number such that communications between the user terminal and the selected Internet site are transmitted directly over the Internet.

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