Interactive broadband multimedia system
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1. In an interactive television network including a central broadcast server and a microprocessor-based customer premise equipment, including a processor, a memory, and a subscriber interface, a method for delivering a multimedia data file corresponding to an application core program from the central broadcast server to the microprocessor-based customer premised equipment, said application core program comprising logic, the method comprising:
- storing the application core program file in the memory;
transmitting a signal from the microprocessor-based customer premise equipment to the central broadcast server representing a request for the multimedia data file;
downloading the multimedia data file from the central broadcast server to the microprocessor-based customer premise equipment;
storing the multimedia data file in the memory; and
executing logic in application core program file.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating interactive television is disclosed. The method for facilitating interactive television comprises the following steps: accessing an interactive program; executing said interactive program; and providing an end user with a set of coded instructions which may be transmitted upstream.
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1. In an interactive television network including a central broadcast server and a microprocessor-based customer premise equipment, including a processor, a memory, and a subscriber interface, a method for delivering a multimedia data file corresponding to an application core program from the central broadcast server to the microprocessor-based customer premised equipment, said application core program comprising logic, the method comprising:
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storing the application core program file in the memory; transmitting a signal from the microprocessor-based customer premise equipment to the central broadcast server representing a request for the multimedia data file; downloading the multimedia data file from the central broadcast server to the microprocessor-based customer premise equipment; storing the multimedia data file in the memory; and executing logic in application core program file.
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2. A method for interactive broadcasting of multimedia information from a digital integration center comprising a central broadcast server and an interactive response server to a microprocessor-based customer premise equipment comprising a memory, a central processing unit, and a subscriber interface, in communication with said digital integration center, comprising the steps of:
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selecting at least one core program file and at least one multimedia data file from the central broadcast server, broadcasting the core program file and the multimedia data file from the central broadcast server to the microprocessor-based customer premise equipment, receiving the core program file in the memory, loading the core program file into the central processing unit, executing the core program file in the central processing unit, obtaining an interactive command information from a subscriber via the subscriber interface, sending the interactive command information from the subscriber interface to the interactive response server, and selecting at least one core program file and at least one multimedia data file corresponding to the interactive command information. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An interactive system for broadcasting multimedia information comprising
a digital integration center comprising a central broadcast server comprising at least one core program file and at least one multimedia data file a downstream broadcast communication gateway in communication with said central broadcast server, capable of broadcasting said core program file and said multimedia data file, an interactive response server in communication with said central broadcast server, capable of controlling said central broadcast server based upon an interactive command information, an upstream interactive communication gateway in communication with said interactive response server, and a microprocessor-based customer premise equipment in communication with said digital integration center comprising a memory for receiving said core program file and said multimedia data file from said downstream broadcast communication gateway, a central processing unit for loading said core program file from said memory and executing said core program file, and a subscriber interface for obtaining interactive command information from a subscriber and sending said interactive command information to said upstream interactive communication gateway.
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Current AssigneeFuturevision.com LLC
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Original AssigneeFuturevision Of America Corp.
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InventorsHellhake, Paul
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Primary Examiner(s)Faile, Andrew I.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Miller, John W.
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Application NumberUS08/703,109Time in Patent Office922 DaysField of Search348/6, 348/7, 348/8, 348/10, 348/11, 348/12, 348/13US Class Current725/114CPC Class CodesH04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of...H04N 21/4351 involving reassembling addi...H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional d...H04N 21/812 involving advertisement dat...H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, ...H04N 7/088 the inserted signal being d...H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. ...H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially dir...
