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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