Patent ID: 7613790
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for providing customizable interactive television service using a broadband network, said system comprising: a plurality of CPE devices, said plurality of CPE devices being configured to implement at least one customizable interactive computer service, to bi-directionally communicate using an IP protocol over a broadband network to request, based on user supplied criteria, information from data sources connected to external computer networks, said information supplied in response to the request, to process the retrieved information, and to internally generate, format and display graphical elements representing at least a portion of the processed retrieved information locally on a television display device, wherein each of the plurality of CPE devices comprises a software application, wherein the software application performs substantially all computational tasks required to implement said at least one customizable interactive computer service, wherein performing substantially all computational tasks comprises: retrieving data indicative of the customizable interactive computer service from at least one external data source communicatively coupled to said broadband network, analyzing the retrieved data, and integrating the retrieved data in the customizable interactive computer service, and wherein said software application is adapted to be personalized by a user; and a remote server computer configured to provide persistent storage services to each of said plurality of CPE devices; and a remote server computer to optimize network bandwidth utilization, said remote server computer is configured to store customized application preferences for the plurality of CPE devices, wherein said customized application preferences are used to provide statistical data that is used to configure a bandwidth optimization service.