Claims
- 1. A method used in a selective call communication system and in a television broadcast system to provide to a selective call device of the selective call communication system additional information about the contents of a television broadcast, the method comprising the steps of:in a receiver of the television broadcast system: receiving a television broadcast that includes a prompt and an information address, the prompt indicating that additional information about the contents of the television broadcast is available, and the information address identifying a location for obtaining the additional information; presenting the television broadcast; receiving a request for the information address; and transmitting the information address in a first SRW signal responsive to the request; in the selective call device: receiving and decoding the information address from one of the first or a second SRW signal; and storing the information address; in a remote control device: receiving the first SRW signal; storing the information address; and transmitting the information address to the selective call device in the second SRW signal.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising in the selective call device the step of using the information address to receive the additional information in a global message transmitted by the selective call communication system, wherein a protocol position of the global message is identified by the information address.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:in the selective call device, transmitting the information address to the selective call communication system; in an infrastructure of the selective call communication system, using the information address to acquire the additional information; and transmitting the message that includes the additional information to the selective call device in a selective call message.
- 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the information address is universal resource locator (URL), and the infrastructure of the selective call communication system acquires the additional information from an internet using the URL.
- 5. The method according to claim 5, wherein the information address is received by the receiver as closed captioned information in an NTSC broadcast signal.
- 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the information address is received by the receiver as ancillary information in an ATSC Digital Television Standard broadcast signal.
- 7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first SRW signal is a Bluetooth signal.
- 8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first SRW signal is an IrDA signal.
- 9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first SRW signal is an audio signal.
- 10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiver is a television set.
- 11. The method according to claim 5, wherein the receiver is a cable receiver.
- 12. The method according to claim 5, wherein the request for the information address comprises a request for presentation of the prompt.
- 13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of setting a prompt mode of the receiver to an enabled state in response to receiving the request for presentation of the prompt.
- 14. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of presenting the television broadcast further comprises the step of presenting the prompt responsive to the request for presentation of the prompt.
- 15. A method used in a selective call communication system and in a television broadcast system to provide to a selective call device of the selective call communication system additional information about the contents of a television broadcast, the method comprising the steps of:in a receiver of the television broadcast system: receiving a television broadcast that includes a prompt and an information address, the prompt indicating that additional information about the contents of the television broadcast is available, and the information address identifying a location for obtaining the additional information; presenting the television broadcast; receiving a request for the information address; transmitting the information address in a first SRW signal responsive to the request; and setting a prompt mode of the receiver to one of an enabled state and a disabled state in response to a result of comparing a local channel identification inserted in the television broadcast by a local television broadcaster to a list of local channel identifications stored in the receiver, wherein transmission of the information address occurs only after the prompt mode of the receiver is set to the enabled state.
- 16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of setting the prompt mode to one of the enabled and disabled states in response to a command received from the selective call device.
- 17. A method used in a selective call communication system and in a television broadcast system to provide to a selective call device of the selective call communication system additional information about the contents of a television broadcast, the method comprising the steps of:in a receiver of the television broadcast system, receiving a television broadcast that includes a prompt and an information address, the prompt indicating that additional information about the contents of the television broadcast is available, and the information address identifying a location for obtaining the additional information; presenting the television broadcast; receiving a request for the information address; and transmitting the information address in a first SRW signal responsive to the request; and setting a prompt mode of the receiver to one of an enabled state and a disabled state in response to a location received by a GPS device, wherein transmission of the information address occurs only after the prompt mode of the receiver is set to the enabled state.
- 18. A method for a television signal receiver to provide additional information about the contents of a television broadcast to a selective call device of a selective call communication system, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a television broadcast that includes a prompt and an information address, the prompt indicating that additional information about the contents of the television broadcast is available and the information address identifying a location for obtaining the additional information; setting a prompt mode of the television signal receiver to one of an enabled state and a disabled state in response to a command received from the selective call device; and when the prompt mode is in the enabled state, presenting the television broadcast including the prompt; and transmitting the information address to the selective call device in a first short range wireless signal; in the selective call device: receiving and decoding the information address from one of the first or a second short range wireless signal; and storing the information address; in a remote control device: receiving the first short range wireless signal; storing the information address; and transmitting the information address to the selective call device in the second short range wireless signal.
Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation in Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/243,677, filed on Feb. 3, 1999.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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