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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Seiji Iwafune, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahito Takeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A television system in which two-way television sets communicate with a server via a communication network. Each interactive television includes a program control unit for controlling interactive data exchange between a viewer, a response receiving unit for identifying a response from the viewer to the program from input signals to the television, and a communication control unit for controlling communications with other nodes. The server includes a communication control unit for controlling communications with other nodes, a program information DB storing procedures in units of programs, a response processing function for arranging response data in units of programs.
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