Interactive video title selection system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6622148
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08735619

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An system and method for interactively choosing a selection from a database, including a media database containing movies, videos and graphical offerings, is disclosed. The invention uses a physical metaphor to represent the database and icons to represent selections. A preferred embodiment for a video-on-demand environment uses a globe or torus to represent a video database, which is displayed on a user's television at the user's location. Superimposed on the globe is a grid of pictorial icons representing the video selections stored in the video database. The video selections are arranged by category and alphabetically on the globe. The user may employ a remote control to issue search commands.

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VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC1515 BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10036

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Donoghue, Patrick J New York, NY 20 676
Hough, Christopher J Wilton, CT 1 114
Noble, Taber B Baskin Ridge, NJ 4 375

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