Title:
【発明の名称】通信を確立する方法および装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003504973
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for establishing communications in a system comprising at least two end devices and a server linked to said end devices by a network wherein it comprises the steps of: activating, by a first user of a first end device, a transmission of data to said server, said data relating to the activities of said user on said device and informing said server that said first user wishes to communicate; checking, by said server, whether other users connected to the server want to communicate; based on data relative to said other users matching the data of the first user, selecting at least a second user among said other users; and establishing a communication between said first user and said at least one second user. The invention also concerns a server device and a television terminal. The invention can be applied in particular in the field of interactive television.
Inventors:
Philip, Lutelier
Application Number:
JP2001510233A
Publication Date:
February 04, 2003
Filing Date:
July 12, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing Society Anonymous
International Classes:
H04N7/173; H04N7/16; (IPC1-7): H04N5/44
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito