CA2284834A1 - Two-way remote control with advertising display - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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- H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
- H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
- H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
- H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
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- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/14—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
- G06F3/147—Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units using display panels
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F27/00—Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address
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- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
- H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
- H04N21/4126—The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
- H04N21/41265—The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
- H04N21/422—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
- H04N21/42204—User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/47—End-user applications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
- H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
- H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N7/00—Television systems
- H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
- H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
- H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only
Abstract
The remote control includes a visual display, first wireless circuitry for receiving from a host device data in the form of selected information, e.g., an advertisement, to be displayed, stored or processed, second wireless circuitry for sending information, control circuitry and software for controlling operation of the remote control, and the software including a display default routine for returning to the display of the selected information received by the first wireless circuitry.
Claims (12)
1. A remote control including a visual display, wireless means for receiving from a host device data including selected information to be displayed, stored, or processed, wireless means for sending information, control means including software anti circuitry for controlling operation of said remote control, means for maintaining said selected information displayed on said visual display when said remote control is not being used by a user to perform a function and a buffer memory capable of storing information for being displayed under command from a realtime clock in said remote control.
2. The remote control of claim 1 wherein said software maintains a display of. said selected information on said display even when said remote control is in a quiescent state or turned off.
3. The remote control of claim 1 wherein the host device is selected from the group consisting essentially of: a cable decoder box; a satellite decoder box; a telephone company decoder box; a television set; or a computer.
4. The remote control of claim 1 wherein said wireless means for receiving data is constructed and arranged to receive RF data from a long range transmitting device such as a paging network, a FM/SCA, a cellular phone, PCS, or other RF transmitting device.
5. The remote control of claim 1 wherein said wireless means is constructed and arranged to exchange information with a modem.
6. The remote control of claim 1 wherein some of the information received comprise a subset of an electronic program guide for display on said visual display of said remote control.
7. The remote control of claim 1 including a keyboard and back-lighting means for illuminating said keyboard.
8. The remote control of claim 1 including means for producing sound.
9. The remote control of claim 1 including a pointing device for moving one of (a) a cursor on a host display or (b) a cursor on said visual display.
10 10. The remote control of claim 1 including a display default routine and a timeout routine for timing out the time after the last function performed with the remote control by a user thereof and then place the visual display in the display default routine for displaying said selected information.
11. The remote control of claim 1 wherein said selected information displayed includes an advertisement.
12. A remote control including a visual display, wireless means for receiving from a host device data including selected information to be displayed, stored, or processed, wireless means for sending information, control means including software and circuitry for controlling operation of said remote control, means for maintaining said selected information displayed on said visual display when said remote control is not being used by a user to perform a function and means for reading one of (a) the magnetic stripe on a credit card, or (b) a smart card containing a computer chip.
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US08/999,716 US6002450A (en) | 1997-03-24 | 1997-10-06 | Two-way remote control with advertising display |
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