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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Applicants:
J. Thomas Ngo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Malcolm Slaney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
J. Thomas Ngo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Malcolm Slaney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Interval Research Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for displaying advertisements. The advertisements are displayed on a television having a controlled connected thereto and configured for receiving commands from a viewer of the television. The method includes displaying a first advertisement on the television, receiving a command from the viewer of the television to display a second advertisement, the second advertisement being a variant of the first advertisement, and displaying the second advertisement on the television.