Patent ID: 6477579
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A system for providing access to information, said system comprising:a) a plurality of terminals, each said terminal including: 1) a receiver for receiving information from an information source and receiving a transmission signal from a transmission signal source; and 2) means for transmitting a request for information to be received from said information source, said request including identification information for a transmission signal being received by said receiver at the time of said request; and b) a network for receiving information from said information source and said transmission signal from a transmission signal source, and distributing said information to a receiver of one of said terminals transmitting a request for information, and distributing said transmission signal to said plurality of terminals, said network including: 1) a receiver for receiving requests for information from said terminals; and 2) means responsive to receipt of said request for information from said first terminal, and employing said transmission signal identification information for retrieving information from an information source, the content of which is related to the information content of said transmission signal at the time said request is generated; and 3) means for transmitting said content related information to said first terminal.