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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Joel Stephen Angiolillo, Weston, MA (US);
Xi Zhang, Newton, MA (US);
Joel Stephen Angiolillo, Weston, MA (US);
Xi Zhang, Newton, MA (US);
Verizon Services Corp., Ashburn, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing real-time access to movie information to viewers in an interactive television viewing system. During select times when viewing a program on a television, the viewer is presented information, typically an advertisement, regarding a movie available for viewing in a movie theater. The viewer can opt to review supplemental information regarding the movie, including information directed to the actors, plot, rating, and where and when it is showing relative to the viewer's location. The viewer can opt to purchase tickets as well. The system can be controlled in one embodiment by the user interacting with a set top box sending signaling information to a processor in the network headend that retrieves the appropriate information for display to the viewer. The information can be provided to the set-top-box and displayed to the user using an overlapping window, or other techniques.