Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to:
• provide a broadcast segment as part of an interactive television transmission via a first screen, the broadcast segment having supplemental information;
• use a first command sent from a user input device to initiate a transaction related to the supplemental information in the broadcast segment via a second screen;
• and
• complete the transaction, subsequent to completion of displaying of the broadcast segment, in response to a second command received from the user input device.

A client apparatus for an interactive television system, the client apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface to provide a broadcast segment having supplemental information as part of an interactive television transmission via a first screen;
• a processor responsive to a first command received via the communication interface from a user input device to initiate a transaction related to the supplemental information in the broadcast segment via a second screen;
• and
• a storage unit to store user input data received via the communication interface and related to the transaction, the user input data being storable during at least while the broadcast segment is provided from the communication interface, the processor being capable to read the stored user input data and to trigger completion of the transaction, subsequent to completion of displaying of the broadcast segment and in response to a second command received from the user input device via the communication interface.

A system, comprising:

• a television network connectable to a communication network to provide a broadcast segment, having supplemental information, as part of an interactive television transmission;
• a client terminal to receive the broadcast segment from the television network and to provide the broadcast segment to a display device coupled to the client terminal for display via a first screen;
• and
• a user input device to communicate with the client terminal, the user input device having:
• a transceiver to receive the supplemental information from the client terminal;
• a storage medium to store the received supplemental information;
• and
• a processor to process the supplemental information stored in the storage medium, the processor being responsive to user input to control the transceiver to send a first command to the client terminal to initiate a transaction related to the stored supplemental information via a second screen and to control the transceiver to send a second command to complete the transaction, subsequent to completion of display of the broadcast segment on the display device, based on the stored supplemental information.