ICTV PR (....Investors and strategic partners include ACTV (Nasdaq:IATV - news),....):
"Wednesday February 7, 8:59 am Eastern Time
Press Release
ICTV's U.S. Patent Portfolio Now Totals 19
Intellectual Property Portfolio Continues to Grow
LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2001--ICTV, supplier of headend-based hardware and software solutions for the delivery of Interactive TV applications to digital set tops, announced today that its U.S. patent portfolio now totals 19.
Four U.S. utility patents were issued in 2000 alone and two more patent applications should be issued early this year. In addition to the 19 issued U.S. patents and two allowed U.S. patent applications held by ICTV, a number of inventions remain pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
These patents support the efficient headend-centric approach it pioneered in the early 1990s.
``ICTV has a strong commitment to the innovation, development and protection of its technology,'' said Wesley Hoffman, President of ICTV.
Hoffman stated, ``Our intellectual property sets us apart from others in the industry and we have the technology to offer our customers the entire spectrum of ITV applications ranging from simple e-mail to full Broadband Internet access across all generations of digital set-tops.''
ICTV's intellectual property combined with its early to market advantage and advanced TV browser, is fast cementing it as an industry leader. Only ICTV's technology allows consumers to currently enjoy the rich experience of Broadband TV, complete with full audio, video, and motion capabilities, consistently across all digital set tops.
The four additional U.S. utility patents awarded to ICTV in the 2000 calendar year include: No. 6,034,678 - Cable Television with Remote Interactive Processor; No. 6,055,315 - Distributed Scrambling Method and System; No. 6,064,377 - Subscriber-Directed Simultaneous Multiple Signal Presentation Arrangement for Interactive Cable Television System; and 6,100,833 - Interactive Home Information System.
About ICTV
Based in Los Gatos, Calif., ICTV supplies world-leading communications infrastructure for ITV solutions to network operators. The company's digital ITV delivery platform provides cable operators with a headend-based solution that enables delivery of Broadband Internet, e-mail, and Interactive TV applications to any digital set top.
ICTV's solution is also readily integrated with any digital set-top box application. ICTV's TV Browser is uniquely capable of supporting a large selection of rich media plug-ins such as RealNetworks' RealPlayer®, Apple's QuickTime(TM), Macromedia's Flash(TM) and Shockwave(TM), and Microsoft's® Windows Media(TM) Player.
Due to its plug-in support, ICTV's TV Browser is the only TV browser capable of providing complete Internet access and rich media for a full streaming audio/video experience.
Any application running on the ICTV platform can run on any digital set top box. The system does not require any sort of middleware application in the set top. Employing a patented frequency reuse solution, ICTV is fully scalable on any two-way HFC cable system.
All standard Internet content and applications will work on the ICTV system -- including broadband content requiring large bandwidth or advanced plug-ins. The company has 19 issued patents and 10 patents pending.
Investors and strategic partners include ACTV (Nasdaq:IATV - news), Adelphia (Nasdaq:ADLAC - news), Cox (NYSE:COX - news), Lauder Partners, Liberty Digital (Nasdaq:LDIG - news), Motorola (NYSE:MOT - news), OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV - news), Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR - news; TSE:SJR.B - news), and Gemstar - TV Guide (Nasdaq:GMST - news). ICTV can be found on the World Wide Web at ictv.com.
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Contact:
ICTV
Catherine Duenas, 408/364-9432
cduenas@ictv.com
or
Jeff Rosenberg Public Relations
Jeff Rosenberg, 818/709-8270
jeff@jeffrpr.com"
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