Interactive video system
AssigneeTipping Point Group, LLC
InventorsAldemaro Ribeiro, Sam Johnson
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Abstract
This application discloses a system and method for the delivery of television programming comprising of: a video source connected to a subscriber network to transport a primary video signal; a message source connected to said subscriber network to transport a supplemental video signal; wherein the primary and supplemental video signals are combined to display the primary and supplemental video signals concurrently. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the subscriber receives discounts relative to the amount of supplemental video signal that is viewed by the subscriber.
Claims17
A system for providing video content for display comprising:
- a primary video source providing primary video content;
- a message source providing secondary message content, said message source separate from said primary video source;
- a source receiver, said source receiver having:
- a primary video source input for receiving said primary video content;
- a message source input for receiving said secondary message content;
- a combiner for integrating the secondary message content with the primary video content;
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- a video output for providing a combined signal comprising said integrated primary video content and secondary message content signal for transmission to a user receiver having a display which displays said primary video content and secondary message content received in the form of said combined signal.
A method of causing a user receiver to simultaneously display on an associated electronic video display both primary video content and secondary message content, comprising the steps of:
- receiving said primary video content at a source receiver;
- receiving said secondary message content at said source receiver;
- combining said secondary message content with the primary video content;
- and
- outputting a combined signal comprising said primary video content integrated with said secondary message content for transmission to said user receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.