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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Tadamasa Kitsukawa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tsutomu Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Frederick J. Zustak, Poway, CA (US);
Shigeharu Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Tadamasa Kitsukawa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tsutomu Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Frederick J. Zustak, Poway, CA (US);
Shigeharu Kondo, Yokohama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A virtual channel system for a web appliance includes an interactive television having a virtual channel memory disposed therein. The virtual channel memory includes data associated with at least one consumer selectable virtual channel. The data is an updatable Web page that is displayed when its associated virtual channel is selected. The interactive television also includes a user data input memory that includes user demographic information. The user demographic data can be used to customize the virtual channels available at the ITV. More specifically, the ITV system uses the demographic data to establish the virtual channels available to a specific consumer in accordance with the demographic information that he or she has input to the ITV system.
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