Patent ID: 7170546
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. The interactive television system, comprising: a television distribution network for transmitting multiple video presentations over at least one channel to a plurality of remotely located terminals each having at least one television receiver associated therewith; a centrally located presentation system for producing video presentations to be transmitted by said television distribution network, said presentation system comprising: (1) a plurality of broadcast video presentation sources, each producing a video image sequence corresponding to a broadcast video presentation, said video image sequence having a plurality of images, (2) an interactive video presentation source which produces interactive video images continuously transmitted from a carousel of images, said interactive images corresponding to an interactive video presentation to be transmitted by said television distribution network, (3) a multiplexer which receives said interactive video images and said broadcast images and combines them to produce a transmission image sequence having a number of images, said transmission image sequence comprising a plurality of interleaved images of said broadcast video images and interactive video images wherein said multiplexer comprises a switch comprising: (4) signal encoding means to encode said transmission image sequence into a television signal complying with the television signal format of said television distribution network; and (5) transmitting means for transmitting said television signal over said television distribution network; said plurality of remotely located terminals each further comprising: