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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002

Filed:

Dec. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Tomochika Ozaki, Yokohama, JP;

Tadashi Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;

Michio Morioka, Kashiwa, JP;

Yuichi Yagawa, Yokohama, JP;

Shigeki Hirasawa, Sagamihara, JP;

Akio Yajima, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract

Information associated with broadcasting, information associated with a network, and information associated with a package are included in data. A terminal device has means for acquiring data from broadcasting, data from the network, and data from the package. The terminal device further has a means for displaying the data acquired by the above-mentioned means together or a means for displaying information included in the data as a link. This novel constitution allows positive information provision to users by a combination of three types of media, broadcasting, network, and package. At the same time, this novel constitution allows provision of new services by making the most of mass storage provided by package and up-to-date information provided over network.


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