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To: ICY who wrote (3624)	12/10/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: Steve Hausser	Respond to of 4748

ACTV Combines with EarthWeb to Create HyperTV Through Joint Venture From ACTV's 1995 Annual report - "HyperTV is a Java-based software program that enables television producers and advertiser's to - simultaneously, directly and in real time - launch Web pages that directly correspond to their video content during a broadcast. HyperTV represents a very flexible solution for the convergence of television and the Internet." Comment- We know for a fact that Malone is quite aware of the existence of these patents. His VP Jensen is on record stating, "ACTV also has some potentially important patents, including ones covering the interface between streaming video on the Internet and on TV". Also note that one of the inventors is Jack Hidary, CEO of EarthWeb. ACTV Patents on "Push" Technology - Video Streaming From the Internet ACTV Internet Patent # 1 United States Patent 5,774,664 Hidary , et al. June 30, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments Abstract A system for integrating video programming with the vast information resources of the Internet. A computer-based system receives a video program and uniform resource locators (URLs). The URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interpreted by the system and direct the system to the Web site locations to retrieve related Web pages. Web pages related to the video programming appear upon receipt through the user's browser. The video program signal can be displayed on a video window on a conventional personal computer screen. The actual retrieved Web pages can be time stamped to also be displayed, on another portion of the display screen, when predetermined related video content is displayed in the video window. The computer-based system can receive the URLs embedded in the video program or directly through an Internet connection, at times specified by TV broadcasters in advance. The system interprets the URLs and retrieves the appropriate Web pages. The Web pages are synchonized to the video content for display in conjunction with a television program being broadcast to the user at that time. This system allows the URLs to be entered for live transmission to the user. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Hidary; Jack D. (New York, NY); Ullman; Craig (Brooklyn, NY); Spivack; Nova T. (New York, NY) Assignee: ACTV, Inc. (New York, NY) ACTV Internet Patent # 2 United States Patent 5,778,181 Hidary , et al. July 7, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments Abstract A system for integrating video programming with the vast information resources of the Internet. A computer based system receives a video program with embedded uniform resource locators (URLs). The URLs, the effective addresses of locations or Web sites on the Internet, are interpreted by the system and direct the system to the Web site locations to retrieve related Web pages. Upon receipt of the Web pages by the system, the Web pages are synchronized to the video content for display. The video program signal can be displayed on a video window on a conventional personal computer screen. The actual retrieved Web pages are time stamped to also be displayed, on another portion of the display screen, when predetermined related video content is displayed in the video window. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Hidary; Jack D. (New York, NY); Ullman; Craig (Brooklyn, NY) Assignee: ACTV, Inc. (New York, NY