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  • Davis, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Poway, CA
  • Bellevue, WA
  • Huntington, WV
  • Santa Monica, CA
  • Culver City, CA
  • Kiona, WA

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System And Method For Cable Operator Control Over Enhanced Programming

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US Patent:
7320134, Jan 15, 2008
Filed:
May 15, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/858201
Inventors:
Armando P. Stettner - Woodinville WA, US
Martin L. Behrens - Bellevue WA, US
Assignee:
Digeo, Inc. - Kirkland WA
International Classification:
H04N 7/10
H04N 7/025
US Classification:
725 32, 725 61, 725109, 725113, 725136
Abstract:
A system and method are described for allowing cable operators to actively block, pass through, modify, append, filter, or replace triggers corresponding to various forms of enhanced content being transmitted across a cable system. Accordingly, cable operators may offer enhanced content customized for their subscribers and earn additional fees for local advertising and other closely allied services.

System And Method For Unprompted, Context-Sensitive Querying During A Televison Broadcast

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US Patent:
20020083464, Jun 27, 2002
Filed:
Dec 22, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/748080
Inventors:
Armando Stettner - Woodinville WA, US
Martin Behrens - Bellevue WA, US
International Classification:
G06F003/00
H04N005/445
G06F013/00
H04N007/173
US Classification:
725/112000, 725/110000, 725/043000
Abstract:
A user initiates an unprompted, context-sensitive request for supplemental content related to a television broadcast being displayed by an interactive television system. The information request includes an identification of the interactive television system and contextual information pertaining to the television program being viewed. The content source searches for supplemental content based upon the contextual information. If no supplemental content is found, a global information network, such as the Internet, is searched. The supplemental content is from the content source or the global information network to the interactive television system for display to the user.

System And Method For Pre-Caching Supplemental Content Related To A Television Broadcast Using Unprompted, Context-Sensitive Querying

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US Patent:
20020147984, Oct 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan 16, 2001
Appl. No.:
09/761411
Inventors:
Mai-lan Tomsen - Seattle WA, US
Armando Stettner - Woodinville WA, US
Martin Behrens - Bellevue WA, US
International Classification:
G06F003/00
H04N005/445
G06F013/00
H04N007/173
H04N007/16
US Classification:
725/109000, 725/110000, 725/040000
Abstract:
An interactive television system initiates unprompted, context-sensitive requests for supplemental content related to the television broadcast or discrete segments thereof. The related supplemental content is received by the interactive television system and pre-cached in a storage device associated therewith. In response to a user command, the stored supplemental content is retrieved and displayed by the interactive television system.
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