Patent ID: 8032915

Claim:
Integrated digital television program and multi-user simulation data delivery system for residential, mobile and business subscribers, the system comprising: a broadcast server coupled to a program source; a network server coupled to a multi-user simulation data source; and a broadband system headend processor or controller coupled to the broadcast server and the network server, the headend processor or controller integrating digital television broadcast program and multi-user simulation network data services with overlaid conferencing among a plurality of residential, mobile and business digital television subscriber units; wherein the headend processor or controller integrates broadband broadcast and multi-user simulation data services comprising a digital television program stream from the program source and a multi-user simulation network data stream from the multi-user simulation data source to enable search-based transaction using an integrated display comprising a DTV screen coupled to an intelligent software agent that enables network search of digital television broadcast program and multi-user simulation network data services, whereby the search-based transaction is restricted selectively according to a network address authorized with one or more transacting subscriber unit, wherein one or more authorized transacting subscriber unit accesses one or more multi-user simulation application effectively in common with one or more other authorized transacting subscriber unit before, during or after authorized transacting subscriber unit conferencing service is overlaid effectively to create authorized transacting subscriber unit audience community collaborating virtually via different authorized transacting subscriber unit locations, but each such authorized transacting one or more subscriber unit displays on its DTV screen respectively one or more picture element associated exclusively with various related aspects of running by such displaying subscriber unit such one or more multi-user simulation application in a collaboratively exclusive client-server network manner, such that each authorized one or more transacting subscriber unit is enabled individually to transact subscriber unit conferencing and multi-user simulation activity variously with other transacting subscriber units authorized in common effectively to collaborate by accessing one or more multi-user simulation applications accessible across the distributed client-server network, but enabling each authorized one or more transacting subscriber unit to display exclusively various related aspects of running such one or more multi-user simulation application effectively in common before, during or after authorized transacting subscriber unit conferencing with other such authorized transacting one or more subscriber unit.