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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
James Harold Gray, Ellijay, GA (US);
Thomas Jefferson Brothers, Gainesville, GA (US);
William Randolph Matz, Atlanta, GA (US);
James Harold Gray, Ellijay, GA (US);
Thomas Jefferson Brothers, Gainesville, GA (US);
William Randolph Matz, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, systems and methods are provided for informing a user of an interactive television service of available content from an Internet web site and redirecting the user to the Internet content responsive to selection of a hot key embedded in content signals. According to another aspect of the present invention, systems and methods are provided for caching alternate content on a user's terminal device and redirecting the user to the cached content responsive to selection of a hot key embedded in content signals.