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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Rob Menard, Nepean, CA;
Paul Streatch, Richmond, CA;
Roger MacLean, Nepean, CA;
Jim Reed, Kanata, CA;
March Networks Corporation, Kanata, CA;
Abstract
A system for monitoring broadcast channels, includes a device for receiving a plurality of broadcast channels, a central search engine operable to search the received channels for a match with a pre-stored profile, a central memory connected to the search engine for storing the profile, and a plurality of user terminals connected to the search engine over a network. The search engine is responsive to commands from the user terminals to store the profiles to be searched in the memory in association with the identity of the user terminal from which the command was received. A device sends an alert signal over the network when a match is found with a pre-stored profile to the user terminal associated with the pre-stored profile. The alert signal identifies the broadcast channel matching the pre-stored profile.