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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Donald Gordon, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Christopher Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jack Van Der Star, Oyama, CA;
Stanley Knight, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Danny Chin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Donald Gordon, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Christopher Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jack Van der Star, Oyama, CA;
Stanley Knight, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Danny Chin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An interactive information distribution system includes service provider equipment for generating an information stream that is coupled to an information channel and transmitted to subscriber equipment. The service provider also generates a command signal that is coupled to a command channel and transmitted to the subscriber equipment. The service provider also receives information manipulation requests from the subscriber via a back channel. A communication network supporting the information channel, command channel and back channel is coupled between the service provider equipment and the subscriber equipment.