Patent ID: 6253375
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for distributing information through an interactive information distribution system comprising the steps of:receiving, at a session manager, a request for a session, where said request is propagated from a subscriber terminal to said session manager via a back channel of a communication network;creating a session for said subscriber terminal;transmitting a menu structure to said subscriber terminal through which the subscriber terminal requests specific information sequences;receiving, at said session manager, a request for an information sequence, where said request is propagated from said subscriber terminal to said session manager via said back channel of said communication networkrequesting an information server to fulfill said request by supplying said session manager with said requested information sequence;transmitting said information sequence to said subscriber terminal via an information channel through said communication network;transmitting a command signal to said subscriber terminal via a command channel through said communication network;decoding said information sequence in response to said command signals within said subscriber terminal;transmitting information manipulation requests from said subscriber terminal to said session manager via said back channel;manipulating said information sequence in response to said information manipulation requests while said session manager is transmitting said information sequence to said subscriber terminal.