Information display system
OwnerYuichiro Itakura, Yuichiro Tsutsui +1inventors
InventorsYuichiro Itakura, Yuichiro Tsutsui, Nobuyuki Fujita
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Abstract
An information providing system, which transmits a passive image such as an advertisement while providing a requested image. The passive image and the requested image, for example, information from the Internet 9, are transmitted from the information provider 4 to the terminal 1 and displayed separately on the display 8. The whole passive image is displayed in the front of the display 8.
Claims21
An information display system comprising:
- an information provider;
- a communication line connected to the information provider;
- a display;
- and
- a display controller which receives an active image and a passive image from the information provider through the communication line and displays the active image and the passive image in separate areas of the display.
An information provider that transmits a plurality of images to a terminal having a display, using a communication line to which the terminal can be connected, the information provider comprising:
- means for receiving a request for an active image actively designated by the user of the terminal from the terminal;
- means for selecting the active image designated by the user from among the plurality of types of images, based on the user's request;
- means for selecting a passive image to be displayed on the terminal from among the plurality of types of images, regardless of active designation by the user;
- and
- means for transmitting both the active image and the passive image to the terminal so as to have these images be displayed on the terminal.
21-63. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.