Patent ID: 6195692
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for selectively displaying internet content television programming on a display, the system comprising:a client, including a display, and channels separately representing individual television content and individual internet content;means for selecting between the channels, wherein when an individual television content channel or an individual internet content channel is selected the client presents the content associated with the selected channel on the display;means for presenting on the display an internet gateway interface which selectively scrolls through links to selected web pages organized according to templates corresponding to web page content displayed on internet content channels;a server, including means for establishing a data connection with the client and downloading data along the data connection to the client, and means for querying the client regarding its available data connections to determine the most efficient delivery of different types of data through all available bandwidth connections; anda service interconnected with the server, for providing quality control in presenting selected links to web pages by preselecting links to other web pages created and maintained by other internet entities and organizations.