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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
David Downey, Sherman, CT (US);
Bruce J. Anderson, Yardville, NJ (US);
Daniel C. Wilson, Edmonton, CA;
David Downey, Sherman, CT (US);
Bruce J. Anderson, Yardville, NJ (US);
Daniel C. Wilson, Edmonton, CA;
INVIDI Technologies Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A request for information (RFI) system is provided a viewer of a cable television network enters an RFI input () to a digital set top box using a user remote. Based on this RFI input, the digital set top box transmits a data request () to an RFI data center. The RFI data center also receives asset data () from an asset database so as to associate the RFI input () with a particular asset. An RFI request () can then be transmitted to the appropriate asset provider. The asset provider can then provide a package of assets or follow-on information () back to the RFI data center. The RFI data center may then, in turn, provide the package of assets or follow-on information to a user data terminal, for example, of the cable television network viewer, via access through a web-portal or e-mail ().