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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2004
Applicants:

Ajay Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Saratoga, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ajay Gupta, Bangalore, IN;

Chandrasekar Venkatraman, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04H 20/86 (2008.01); H04H 20/28 (2008.01); H04H 20/30 (2008.01); H04H 60/27 (2008.01); H04H 60/73 (2008.01); H04H 60/74 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/86 (2013.01); H04H 20/28 (2013.01); H04H 20/30 (2013.01); H04H 60/27 (2013.01); H04H 60/73 (2013.01); H04H 60/74 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for providing a print-augmented broadcast signal for transmission to one or more convention broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal comprising (i) standard content for a particular broadcast program and (ii) a non-content portion. Supplemental content which is associated with the standard content of the particular broadcast program is additionally received. Next, the supplemental content is combined onto the non-content portion of the broadcast signal to form a print-augmented broadcast signal, the print-augmented broadcast signal comprising the standard content, which can be rendered on a conventional broadcast receiver, and the supplemental content, which is printable on-demand at a destination conventional broadcast receiver substantially concurrently with the rendering of the standard content.


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