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Data broadcast method

  • US 7,685,618 B1
  • Filed: 08/01/2000
  • Issued: 03/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing a plurality of sets of broadcast data service data transmitted together with broadcast digital television data as part of a broadcast signal, comprising:

  • a processor configured to periodically extract all of the plurality of sets of the broadcast data service data from a broadcast carousel included in the broadcast signal;

    a memory configured to store all of the current plurality of sets of the broadcast data service data;

    the broadcast data service data defining a plurality of digital audio/video data sets, the digital audio/video data sets including television clips, all of the digital television data is in a first data compression format and all of the digital audio/visual data sets are in a data compression format different from the first format;

    a display configured to provide a list of a plurality of sets of the digital audio/video data sets; and

    a controller responsive to a user initiated selection signal to cause the memory to output a user selected one of the plurality of digital audio/video data sets selected from the list simultaneously with continued receipt of the broadcast digital television data, the selected one of the broadcast data service data plurality of sets having digital audio/video data in non-real time, the selection signal being provided at any time during receipt of the broadcast digital television data and independently of the broadcast digital television data and the controller is responsive at any time during receipt of the broadcast digital television data and independently of the broadcast digital television data to output said selected portion;

    wherein the processor converts the digital audio/video data of the plurality of sets of the broadcast data service data into real time audio/video data.

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