Patent · US Active

Consumer access systems and methods for providing same

US8060908B2 · kind B2 · utility

18Cited by

12References

26Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Lazaros Bountour · Westminster, US
Andreas Haas · Armstorf, DE
Werner Bauer · Neuötting, DE
Manfred Voelk · Schwifting, DE
Alexander Liebert · Glanshammar, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2006
Grant date	Nov 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 8, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/854
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced consumer access to information sources and controllable entities. An Access device can be a stand alone device such as a DVD player in which the DVD disk contains the back-end information network. Other Access devices obtain the back-end information network from remote sources. By way of a specific example, the consumer can then view a game and interactively select every television camera located at the game venue.

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