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Transmission announcement system and method for announcing upcoming data transmissions over a broadcast network

  • US 6,108,706 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1997
  • Issued: 08/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A transmission announcement system for announcing upcoming transmissions to be delivered over a broadcast network, comprising:

  • a server and a client;

    the server being configured to create announcements containing information pertaining to upcoming transmissions to be delivered over the broadcast network and to make the announcements over a secondary link to the s client that is separate from the broadcast network; and

    the client being configured to receive the announcements from the secondary link and filter the announcements received from the server using at least one filter automatically created at the client from user behavior patterns, the filter parsing the announcements to determine whether the announcements match predefined expressions or satisfy a predefined rule.

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