COMMUNICATING TELEVISION INTERACTIVE TELEVISION

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY	TV ANSWER, INC.	1941 ROLAND CLARKE PLACE RESTON VA 22091	communicating television and interactive television programs and control signals by satellite, cable and radio links, broadcasting television and interactive television programs from hub and local broadcast sites; and leasing access time to communications network which interconnects television subscribers for interactive communications with vendors and other subscribers;interactive television advertising and product and services merchandising for others;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program supports an interactive television mode. The interactive television mode is activated in response to a request from a viewer of the television program to activate the interactive television mode. The system updates a channel status list to indicate that the television program is being viewed in the interactive television mode. The system is also able to handle requests for activating an online television mode. When changing channels, the channel status list is used to restore a previously activated interactive television mode or online television mode for a particular television channel. Two different indicators may be displayed to indicate whether the television program supports an interactive television mode and/or an online television mode.