Transaction based interactive television system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5638113
SERIAL NO

08478243

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An interactive television system where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received and decoded by a settop device which sends the decoder signal, via an infrared signal, to a handheld device. The system includes an interactive program authoring system, and programmer tables in the memory of the handheld device which store data for the various interactive events. This system allows a viewer to enter and exit events at any time without having to wait for information to be downloaded and without losing scores. Furthermore, this system allows many interactive programs to run concurrently over extended periods of time while maintaining cumulative scores in the handheld for each interactive program or series of programs.

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OPENTV INC275 SACRAMENTO STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lappington, John P Lawrenceville, GA 8 2449
Marshall, Susan K Greenwood Village, CO 9 2212
Wilson, Cameron A Marietta, GA 4 1099
Yamamoto, Wayne Y Aurora, CO 4 1099

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