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Interactive world wide web access using a set top terminal in a video on demand system

US6184878A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1997
Grant dateFeb 6, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8586
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and concomitant apparatus for interactively accessing information from a computer network, such as a TCP/IP network, suitable for use in an interactive information distribution system, illustratively a cable television system or a video on demand system.

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