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                 Appeal 2006-3117                                                                                        
                 Application 09/732,498                                                                                  
                 for transmission and each interactive server including a 333 MHz CPU or                                 
                 greater and 256 MB RAM or greater;                                                                      
                 at least one interactive data repository (IDR) for storing data; and                                    
                 a router in each interactive server, where each router includes a router                                
                 application, said router application written in Unix C or Open TV.                                      
                 14. A method for obtaining data regarding a customer use of                                             
                 interactive television, comprising the steps of:                                                        
                 providing at least one application programs on application servers;                                     
                 transmitting the at least one the application program to a broadcast                                    
                 center;                                                                                                 
                 transmitting the at least one application program from the broadcast                                    
                 center to a communications satellite;                                                                   
                 transmitting the application program from the communications                                            
                 satellite to a plurality of satellite dishes;                                                           
                 communicating the at least one application program from each                                            
                 satellite dish to at least one integrated receiver/decoders ("IRD");                                    
                 enabling a user to input data into the at least one application program                                 
                 received by the IRD via a graphical user interface (GUI);                                               
                 inputting data into a data log in flash memory in each IRD;                                             
                 transmitting the data log via callback from each IRD to a                                               
                 communications server;                                                                                  
                 transmitting the data log from the communications server to an                                          
                 interactive server;                                                                                     
                 parsing user navigation and transaction data where the transactions                                     
                 include gaming activity, weather requests, advertising viewed and banking                               
                 transactions from the data log; and                                                                     

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