Apparatus and methods for accessing information relating to radio and television programs
June 7, 2015. 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 References Re17023 3764747 3911446 Time synchronization master station and remote station system System for remote monitoring and data transmission over non-dedicated telephone lines Game of skill playable by remote participants in conjunction with a live event Audience rating measuring system Television viewer meter Survey of radio audience Method for causing large numbers of telephones to dial the same telephone numbers InventorApplicationNo. 486769 filed on 06/07/1995US Classes:348/473, Including additional information705/10Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveyingExaminersPrimary: Ramirez, Ellis B.Assistant: Peeso, Thomas R. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG08C 017/00AbstractApparatus and methods are provided for ordering supplemental information about programs playing at a broadcast receiver. One embodiment is a method for providing information to a user from an information depository. The method includes the steps of reproducing in the vicinity of each of a plurality of users, programs from one of a plurality of broadcast stations, recording upon command by a user, an identification of a station and a time of a program on the station for which supplemental information is desired by the user, entering the recorded station identification and time into one of a plurality of information exchange terminals, coupling the information exchange terminal to the information depository to transmit information therebetween; and identifying a correspondence between the entered station identification and time and a program in a station log to obtain the desired supplemental information. The method additionally includes the steps of compiling a station log of stations, program times, and program identifiers for programs on the stations and mapping the program identifiers in the log to supplemental information relating to specific programs. | |
