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Digital television with subscriber conference overlay

  • US 8,072,480 B1
  • Filed: 09/26/2008
  • Issued: 12/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Wireless mobile unit provisioning comprising steps:

  • providing by one or more controller a first mobile unit wireless access to a first digital television (DTV) program source via a first DTV broadcast channel;

    providing by the one or more controller the first mobile unit wireless access to a first simulation or gaming data source via a first simulation or gaming network channel;

    providing by the one or more controller a second mobile unit wireless access to a second DTV program source via a second DTV broadcast channel;

    providing by the one or more controller the second mobile unit wireless access to a second simulation or gaming data source via a second simulation or gaming network channel;

    wherein the one or more controller selectively restricts direct or indirect conferencing between the first and second mobile units before, during or after DTV broadcast programming or simulation or gaming, each such unit using respectively first and second cameras or microphones for such selectively restricted conferencing, and each such unit using respectively first and second display panels that integrate in an overlaid manner the selectively restricted conferencing with one or more DTV broadcast program from the first or second DTV program source and one or more simulation or gaming data from the first or second simulation or gaming data source, whereby the one or more controller further selectively restricts access to DTV program and simulation or gaming data by adaptively redirecting direct or indirect access by the first and second mobile units to one or more DTV broadcast and simulation or gaming network channel or DTV program and simulation or gaming data source.

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