Interactive video/telephone transmission system

Details Interactive video/telephone transmission system Interactive video/telephone transmission system

1976-10-18

1978-01-31

Stellar, George G.

179 2R, H04M 1100

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040716970

ABSTRACT:
An interactive purchasing system employs a station transmitting signals adapted to be received by a plurality of television receivers at a number of viewing stations via a given television channel. In one application, the signals represent information relating to associated merchandise in various stores. A viewer uses keyboard controls to scan the "pages" of advertising on a video display and to indicate a selected purchase. A telephone coupling arrangement provided at each viewing station is adapted to cooperate with a telephone in placing a call via the telephone selectively to one of a plurality of stores. Means are further provided at each viewing station for selecting merchandise to be purchased including means serving to operate a conventional telephone at the viewing station to call the particular stores related to the selected merchandise and to register a request to purchase the selected merchandise.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3746780 (1973-07-01), Stetten et al.
patent: 3752904 (1973-08-01), Waterbury
patent: 3780907 (1973-12-01), Colburn et al.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 10, No. 7, Dec. 1967, p. 904, "TV Buffer", W. K. French.

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