Patent ID: 7958527

Claim:
A method of controlling the transmission of embedded signals by a transmitter station, said transmitter station comprising at least one signal generator for embedding signals in information transmissions; at least one transmitter for transmitting one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission; and a processor controlling the embedding of information at said at least one signal generator, said method comprising the steps of: embedding, using said at least one signal generator, first signals in said at least one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission including a video signal; communicating said at least one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission to said at least one transmitter; transmitting, from said at least one transmitter, said at least one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission to at least one remote receiver station; receiving an instruct-to-embed signal from at least one remote transmitter station; and causing, using said processor, said at least one signal generator to cease embedding said first signals in response to said instruct-to-embed signal; causing, using said processor, said at least one signal generator to embed, in response to said instruct-to-embed signal, second signals in an incomplete information transmission transmitted in said one of a broadcast and cablecast information transmission, said second signals for processing at said at least one remote receiver station to control output of information that completes said incomplete information transmission at said at least one remote receiver station; and continuing to transmit said at least one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission to said at least one remote receiver station.