Patent ID: 6829475
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G01C,G01S,G08G,H04B,H04H,H04L

Abstract:
A method for operating on content sent to a wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps of:predefining an identification of broadcast content of interest to a user, and predefining an action to take for a particular content received by the wireless communication device; storing information associated with broadcast content, includes the identification of the broadcast content and available actions that can be taken relating to that content, on a remote database; transmitting the identification of broadcast content along with the content to said wireless communication device; associating action labels defining available actions that can be taken relating to that content with the identified content; displaying the action labels associated with the content while the associated broadcast content is being presented; selecting the action by selecting a key associated with the label; detecting the selection of the labeled action; transmitting a command from the wireless communication device to the remote database to perform the indicated action using the information in the database; acting in accordance with the predefined action to take from the predefining step, wherein the predefined actions are preformed relating to the identified content; and transmitting the results of the action to the user in accordance with the predefined action.