Presenting programs
CA 2401537 A1 · Owner: Hookam-Miller, Peter Ernest · Inventors: Hookam-Miller, Peter Ernest
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The invention relates to provision of improved services in connection with presenting a program for a user (14). Information of the user is stored in a remote management unit (4), preferably in a database (7) thereof. A broadcasting system (25) provides a terminal (1) with a program signal and the program is presented to the user. Upon detection of a predefined event data is transported between the remote management unit and a user device (10) that is operable by the user while he/she is experiencing the program. The transportation occurs over a data network (6) and a wireless data communication link (13) arranged between the data network and the user device. The data that …
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- Filed February 28, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 28, 2021.
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