Method and system to save context for deferred transaction via interactive television
US7103908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/1859
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A viewer can save content and context related to a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods/services available from the Internet via the interactive television system. As an example, while the viewer is watching a television commercial on a first screen, the viewer can defer a transaction, capable of being conducted on a second screen, related to a product advertised in the television commercial or defer the viewing of the television commercial itself. Information related to the television commercial may be saved in a shopping cart for subsequent processing. Later, when the viewer wishes to continue the transaction or view the television commercial, the viewer may retrieve the shopping cart information, replay the television commercial, and then complete of the previously deferred transaction.
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