Patent ID: 8112782

Claim:
A method of signal processing in a network, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first signal including a control signal to a transmitter station in said network; controlling said transmitter station in said network in response to said control signal, said controlling including: selecting information generally applicable to a plurality of receiver stations for output in mass medium programming; selecting data relating to said mass medium programming and having a relationship to an area served by said transmitter station; incorporating said selected data into one or more control instructions; and transmitting one or more second signals including said selected information and said one or more control instructions; controlling a first receiver station in said network on the basis of said transmitted one or more second signals, including: communicating data included in said one or more control instructions to a processor; selecting, by processing receiver specific information at said processor, at least some of said data to complete or supplement said mass medium programming; storing said least some of said data; and outputting at one or more output devices a presentation including said mass medium programming and first output information content, said first output information content serving to complete or supplement said mass medium programming and being based on said at least some of said data; controlling said first or a second receiver station on the basis of said transmitted one or more second signals, including: receiving information of the reaction of a user to said presentation; generating second output information content by processing said received information of the reaction of a user; and outputting said generated second output information content.