WO2004061637A1

Title

System and method for interactive television

Application Number:

WO2002US09259

Publication Date:

22-07-2004

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

25-03-2002

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

21-04-2001

Title

System and method for interactive television

Application Number:

WO2002US09259

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

22-07-2004

Application Date:

25-03-2002

Priority Date:

21-04-2001

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A system and method for interactive television ITV (22)) includes presenting both TV channels and virtual channels on an ITV (22). A virtual channel can be a Web page stored in memory (44) of the ITV (22) (or remote therefrom) and accessed by a microprocessor (46) in the ITV (22) when a user selects the virtual channel number using a conventional TV remote control (30). The particular Web page can be established based on consumer data such as demographic data supplied by the consumer responses to prompts displayed along with a channel. The Web page associated with the virtual channel can be updated or changed by sending data to the ITV (22) through the VBI of a TV signal or via the Internet (24) through a modem (48) on the ITV (22).

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