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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Steven Weinstein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James E. Palmer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Tyler M. Johnson, Piedmont, CA (US);
James R. Fulker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Geoffrey A. Katz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark A. Vickers, Belmont, CA (US);
Chee Yu, Dublin, CA (US);
Liberate Technologies, San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an improved method and system for interactive broadcast and web information browsing. In embodiments of the invention, web information is presented in conjunction with a broadcast television image, either at an edge of the image screen or overlaid with the image screen in an opaque, transparent or translucent image. The presented web information is fully interactive and can be interacted with by the user using all known features of interactive web presentation.