Method for providing targeted profile interactive CATV displays
Patent 4602279 Issued on July 22, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 21, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 21, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInteractive CATV system Dedicated channel interactive cable television system Interactive cable television system Dialog between TV movies and human viewers Cable television with controlled signal substitution Television and market research data collection system and method Patent #: 4546382 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/591862 filed on 03/21/1984US Classes:725/35, Based on demographics or geographical area348/473, Including additional information725/110, Connection to external network at receiver (e.g., set-top box)725/151, Receiver (e.g., set-top box)725/153With diverse device (e.g., personal computer, game player, VCR, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: George, Keith E.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG09B 7/00 (20060101)G09B 7/077 (20060101) H04N 7/00 (20060101) H04N 7/10 (20060101) H04N 7/16 (20060101) AbstractThe present invention relates to an interactive communication system, such as an interactive cable television system (10), for providing an interactive information output over a common output channel from a plurality of remotely transmitted different information inputs (22, 24, 26, 28, 30) and, more particularly, relates to an improved method for interactively creating a selection profile for a subscriber and interactively selecting in real time one of a plurality of messages, such as television commercials or game scores, based upon the selection profile whereby multiple users of a one-way television signal distribution network (60) may obtain an individualized or tailored program information content for a television programming sequence. The selection profile may be created in advance of transmission of the television program or commercial or during transmission of a given program and may be varied from the head end. In this manner, highly tailored information may be provided to particular subscribers based on their individual profiles as recognized by the system. In addition, selection profiles comprising subsets of a group of parameters may also be created with the tailored programming based on the subsets as well. | |
