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System for interactive television

A technology of interactive TV and TV, which is applied in the parts of TV system, TV, color TV and other directions, and can solve the problems of complicated and confusing things.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-22
SONY ELECTRONICS INC
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[0026] Referring first to Figure 1, there is shown an interactive television (ITV) system generally designated 10. As shown, the system 10 includes one or more content providers 12 that provide various types of content to one or more web servers 14 (only one content provider 12 and one web server 14 are shown for ease of illustration) . Web server 14 accesses content database 16 to store data therein. The content on the web server 14 may be any suitable content including, but not limited to, hypertext markup language (HTML) pages, jpeg and .TIF image files, .avi and .mpeg movie files, audio files, streaming video, and the like.

[0027] In a preferred embodiment, system 10 also includes an ITV system server 18, which may be, for example, a Sony Corporation web portal. The ITV system server 18 may be a web server computer that accesses the customer database 20 . As described further below, customer database 20 may store customer or user profiles, which may be used to customi...

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Systems and methods for interactive television (ITV) include displaying both television channels and "virtual channels" on the ITV (22). The virtual channels may be stored in (or remote from) memory (44) of the ITV (22) and passed through the microprocessor ( 46) Web pages visited. Specific web pages may be created based on user data, such as user-provided statistical data or user responses to prompts displayed along the channel. Web pages associated with virtual channels can be updated or changed by sending data to the ITV (22) via the VBI of the television signal (26) or via the Internet (24) via a modem on the ITV (22).

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of the Chinese invention patent application with the application date of August 21, 2001, the application number 01817727.1, and the title "System for Interactive Television". technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to television systems. Background technique [0003] Televisions are everywhere, as are Internet computers. Currently, however, users typically purchase and use two separate systems for viewing television programming and accessing the Internet. That is, a user must purchase a television to watch television programs and a computer to access the Internet. The result is not only doubling the expense and requiring considerable space, but it is also difficult to carry out two activities in one room at once. [0004] Furthermore, the need for two systems burdens some users who, while familiar with operating a television and its remote control, may not be familiar with operating an Internet c...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/44H04N7/173H04N21/258H04N21/262H04N21/431H04N21/462
Inventor 秋山勉橘川忠正近藤重和M·尼吉马
Owner SONY ELECTRONICS INC