Patent ID: 6918131
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: A63F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing interactive video and data displays to each of a plurality of users, each having a television receiver and a data terminal, in accordance with information provided by each user through a data terminal, comprising the steps of: maintaining, in association with a network server, a first database of information for each user including at least one of identification, address information, financial information, general preference information, and demographic information; receiving in the network server from user data terminals over the network and maintaining in a second database, for each user, registration information indicating current activity and current preference information; at least one of: wherein the current preference information provided by a user includes a request to learn the most commonly selected numbers in a lottery, and wherein the network server obtains the most commonly selected lottery numbers; and forwards a message to the requesting user terminal for displaying said most commonly selected lottery numbers.