Interavtive applications
OwnerJason Robert Malaure, Richard Andrew Kydd +3inventors
InventorsJason Robert Malaure, Richard Andrew Kydd, Simon Anthony Vivian Cornwell, John Francis Hamon, Matthew Edward Tims
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Abstract
A method of supplying information from a central source (1) to a plurality of remote user interfaces (9) relating to an interactive application. The method comprises: i) transmitting application data associated with the interactive application to the user interfaces (9); and, ii) thereafter, transmitting a real time start signal to the user interfaces (9) to enable the interactive application to begin substantially simultaneously at each user interface.
Claims12
Apparatus for supplying information from a central source to a plurality of remote user interfaces relating to an interactive application, the apparatus comprising:
- i) means for transmitting application data to the remote user interfaces, the applications data associated with the interactive application, the interactive application relating to a television program which is broadcast while the interactive application is running;
- ii) means for transmitting electronic program guide data to the user interfaces, the electronic program guide data indicating the scheduled start time of the television program;
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- iii) means for transmitting a real time start signal to the user interfaces to cause the interactive application at each user interface, that selected the interactive application, to begin at the same time after the scheduled start time.
A method of supplying information from a central source to a plurality of remote user interfaces relating to an interactive application, the method comprising:
- i. transmitting application data to the remote user interfaces, associated with the interactive application,
- the interactive application relating to a television program which is broadcast while the interactive application is running;
- ii. transmitting electronic program guide data to the user interfaces, the electronic program guide data indicating the scheduled start time of the television program;
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- iii. transmitting a real time start signal to the user interface, the real time start signal causing the interactive applications to begin at a time after the scheduled start time and at the same time, at each user interface that selected the interactive application.
A method of supplying information from a central source to a plurality of remote user interfaces relating to an interactive application, the method comprising:
- i. transmitting application data associated with the interactive application to the user interfaces;
- ii. advertising the scheduled start time of the interactive application;
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- iii. transmitting a real time start signal to the user interfaces, the real time start signal causing the interactive application to begin at a time after the scheduled start time and at the same time, at each user interface that selected the interactive application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.