Technique for optimizing the delivery of advertisements and other programming segments by making bandwidth tradeoffs

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002256381 (hide)

Owner ACTV, Inc.

Inventors Cristofalo, Michael G.; Sheehan, Patrick M.

Agent Pizzeys

Pub. Number AU-B-2002256381

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/091742

Priority 09/852,229 08.05.01 US

Filing date 26 April 2002

Wipo publication date 18 November 2002

Acceptance publication date 26 May 2005

International Classifications

H04N 007/10 Television systems - Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable

H04N 007/12 Television systems - Systems in which the television signal is transmitted one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal

H04N 007/025 Television systems - Systems for transmission of digital non-picture data, e.g. of text during the active part of a television frame

H04N 007/173 Television systems - with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

H04B 001/66 Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups - for reducing bandwidth of signals

Event Publications

1 May 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-B-2002256381

26 May 2005 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2002256381

22 September 2005 Standard Patent Sealed

22 September 2011 Assignment Registered

  ACTV, Inc. The patent has been assigned to OpenTV, Inc.

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