Patents Examined by Penny Caudle
  • Patent number: 5864823
    Abstract: A system for distribution of advertisements to interested recipients only via one-way nonaddressable television media and for transmission of orders from recipients to advertisers via two-way addressable Internet media. A system for electronic delivery of newspapers, magazines, books, music, video and computer software to authorized recipients only via nonaddressable television media with recipients' authorization via addressable Internet media. As a result, usage of slow and overcrowded Internet in e-commerce is limited to relatively low-volume communications that need to be addressable while all high-volume information is transferred through fast one-way television lines to bypass the Internet and reach simultaneously an unlimited number of recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Virtel Corporation
    Inventor: Gutman Levitan