Title:
PROGRAM TRANSMISSION METHOD IN INTERACTIVE SERVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH07303087
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To provide an interactive television(ITV) system with which a viewer can select a desired level of commercial advertisements. CONSTITUTION: When transmitting a program and a set of commercial advertisements (collectively referred to as a 'show') to an interactive service subscriber location 222, this system selects a set of commercial advertisements based on an input from a user related to the interactive service subscriber position 222, where this includes an indicator showing an amount of commercial advertisements in this group of commercial advertisements. Further, this ITV system also enables rate-charging control processing for charging a subscriber in the interactive television service, based on the amount of commercial advertisements viewed in the show.
Inventors:
DONARUDO EDOGAA BURAHATSUTO
UIRIAMU MAATEIN SUKEERU
GAI ATSUSHIYUREI SUTOORII
EDOWAADO SUTANREI SUZAAKOFUSUK
UIRIAMU MAATEIN SUKEERU
GAI ATSUSHIYUREI SUTOORII
EDOWAADO SUTANREI SUZAAKOFUSUK
Application Number:
JP12759295A
Publication Date:
November 14, 1995
Filing Date:
April 28, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH
International Classes:
H04H20/76; H04H60/21; H04N7/16; H04N7/173; H04N21/2668; H04N21/472; (IPC1-7): H04H1/02; H04N7/173
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hirofumi Mimata
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