Patent ID: 8756643
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an interactive media system comprising: generating, by a first communication unit, an information signal and a display signal for display by a television set, wherein the first communication unit comprises a first transceiver unit and a first data processing unit for generating at least one information signal and for generating at least one display signal for display on the television set; transferring the information signal by a satellite network from the first communication unit to a second communication unit that is connected to a server, the second communication unit being substantially identical to the first communication unit; transferring the information signal from the second communication unit to the server; receiving and processing the information signal by the server; providing, by the server, data included in the information signal over the Internet, wherein the server retrieves return data from the Internet in response to the data including in the information signal and provides the return data to the second communication unit; generating, by the second communication unit, a return information signal based on the return data and providing the return information signal to the satellite network; and transferring, by the satellite network, the return information signal to the first communication unit, which generates the display signal for display on the television set, wherein the first data processing unit comprises: processing means; input controlling means, operatively coupled to the processing means and a remote data entry and control means, for receiving data and control information from the remote data entry and control means and providing said data and said control information to the processing means; and display signal generating means, operatively coupled to the processing means, for generating the at least one display signal for display on the television set, in response to the return information signal received by the processing means and the data and the control information from the remote data entry and control means.