Interactive system for a closed cable network

Patent 5488411 Issued on January 30, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 14, 2014. 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.

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Inventor

Lewis, Scott W.

Assignee

Multimedia Systems Corporation

Application

No. 212353 filed on 03/14/1994

US Classes:

725/83, Having additional amenity (e.g., access to outside network, room service, etc.)725/1, BILLING IN VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM725/82, Local server or headend725/85, Receiver725/106, Telephony via television distribution network725/109Having link to external network (e.g., interconnected computer network)

Examiners

Primary: Groody, James J.
Assistant: Grant, Chris

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Benman Collins & Sawyer

Foreign Patent References

488289 EP 06/13/1992

International Class

H04N 007/173

Abstract

A system is provided that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information in a closed cable network such as a hotel system or the like. The system includes a multimedia processing plurality of multimedia processing system, a telephone switching system, a video control system, a service operations platform, and a plurality of interactive devices. This system has the advantage of providing compression and/or transmission algorithms to maximize enhancement of the multimedia information. The system allows for enhanced interactivity within a closed cable system with minimum modification to the existing network.