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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Your Choice Interactive, Inc., New York City, NY (US);
Angelo J. Pino, Jr., New York, NY (US);
Mohammed Sattar, Bell Harbor, NY (US);
Peter M. Redling, Greensboro, NC (US);
YOUR CHOICE INTERACTIVE, INC., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing television programming content and interactive data services is provided. In one embodiment, the interactive content is displayed on the television concurrently with television programming content and facilitates game play between viewers. The game may be scored for each viewer based on selection data from the viewer and event data that is determined by events occurring in the television programming content. In addition, the interactive content may present a message that conveys an incentive to the viewer to take some action such as actuating a button when a particular commercial is presented thereby allowing the service provider and advertisers to determine how many, and which, viewers watched a particular commercial. In addition, the interactive content (including the incentives) can be presented to viewers when the programming content is stored on a digital video recorder and subsequently presented thereby presenting incentives to viewers to watch commercials that were recorded as part of the television programming content.