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US 2003/0149734 A1Published application
System and method for the efficient use of network resources and the provision of television broadcast information
OwnerJanne Aaltonen, Juha Salo +1inventors
InventorsJanne Aaltonen, Juha Salo, Timo Ellila
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Abstract
A system and method for the efficient use of network resources, the provision of a webpage containing television broadcast information, and for the efficient use of network resources when that webpage is accessed by users.
Claims34
A method for improving the efficiency of data transmission, comprising:
- receiving at the terminal of a first user data sent out in response to a second user's request;
- deciding, based on a predetermined profile, whether to place the received data in the store of the first user's terminal;
- and
- in the case where said data has been stored, retrieving said data from said store in response to the first user's request for said item.
1 more element
A system for improving the efficiency of data transmission, comprising:
- a memory having program code stored therein;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
- wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving at the terminal of a first user data sent out in response to a second user's request;
- deciding, based on a predetermined profile, whether to place the received data in the store of the first user's terminal;
- and
- in the case where said data has been stored, retrieving said data from said store in response to the first user's request for said item.
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A method for displaying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- placing on a webpage one or more icons coordinated with the channel's broadcasting, said icons acting as hyperlinks to data relating to a predetermined number of programs recently broadcast on the television channel;
- and
- further placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with the channel's broadcasting.
A webpage for displaying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- one or more icons coordinated with the channel's broadcasting, said icons acting as hyperlinks to data relating to a predetermined number of programs recently broadcast on the television channel;
- and
- an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with the channel's broadcasting.
A method for purveying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- transmitting along with the channel's television programming data relating to that programming;
- placing the transmitted data in a store of a user's device;
- placing on a webpage one or more icons coordinated with the channel's broadcasting, said icons acting as hyperlinks to data relating to a predetermined number of programs recently broadcast on the television channel;
- further placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with the channel's broadcasting;
- and
- retrieving the transmitted data from said store in response to the user's request for that data.
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A system for purveying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- a memory having program code stored therein;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
- wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of:
- transmitting along with the channel's television programming data relating to that programming;
- placing the transmitted data in a store of a user's device;
- placing on a webpage one or more icons coordinated with the channel's broadcasting, said icons acting as hyperlinks to data relating to a predetermined number of programs recently broadcast on the television channel;
- further placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with the channel's broadcasting;
- and
- retrieving the transmitted data from said store in response to the user's request for that data.
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A method for displaying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- receiving a request to no longer present on a webpage information relating to a specified broadcast item;
- computing the ordinality of recently-broadcast items without taking into account the specified broadcast item;
- and
- configuring the webpage to display one or more icons associated with a certain ordinal group of the recently broadcast items, said group not including said specified item.
1 more element
A system for purveying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- a memory having program code stored therein;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
- wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving a request to no longer present on a webpage information relating to a specified broadcast item;
- computing the ordinality of recently-broadcast items without taking into account the specified broadcast item;
- and
- configuring the webpage to display one or more icons associated with a certain ordinal group of the recently broadcast items, said group not including said specified item.
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A method for displaying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- receiving an indication of the number of broadcast items to which a particular icon on a webpage should correspond, said webpage being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting;
- configuring said icon to be associated with data relating to said number of broadcast items;
- and
- placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting.
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A system for purveying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- a memory having program code stored therein;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
- wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving an indication of the number of broadcast items to which a particular icon on a web page should correspond, said webpage being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting;
- configuring said icon to be associated with data relating to said number of broadcast items;
- and
- placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting.
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A method for displaying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- receiving an indication of particular broadcast items to which an icon on a webpage should correspond, said webpage being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting;
- configuring said icon to be associated with data relating to said broadcast items;
- and
- placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting.
1 more element
A system for purveying information related to a television channel's broadcasting, comprising:
- a memory having program code stored therein;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
- wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving an indication of particular broadcast items to which an icon on a webpage should correspond, said webpage being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting;
- configuring said icon to be associated with data relating to said broadcast items;
- and
- placing on the webpage an element relating to programming currently being broadcast on the television channel, said element being coordinated with said channel's broadcasting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.