Patent ID: 6334152
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
An interactive information delivery system comprising:a first terminal comprising an information display unit,server means for transmitting text or other visual information from an information store over a first communications link to the first terminal,the text or other visual information including control command prompts, anda user interface having:means for receiving at least one of dialing and dialed telephone number information, and control commands from a second terminal separate from the first terminal over a second communications link separate from the first communications link,means for identifying from the at least one of dialing and dialed telephone number information the information display unit to be controlled by said control commands, andmeans for transmitting the control commands to the server means to select the information to be transmitted to the display unit,whereby the separated first and second terminals are arranged to cooperate through the server to enable control commands to be transmitted to the server from the first terminal over the first communications link in response to control command prompts displayed by the second terminal, the separated first and second terminals cooperating as display and data entry elements of the same user interface.