Abstract: A remote control for an interactive television system includes an integrated camera and a wireless transmitter for transmitting video information captured by the camera to the interactive television system. A set top box for the interactive television system includes a wireless receiver for receiving the video information and a converter for transforming the video information into a network-compatible video stream for transmission to a network.

Abstract: A system for anonymously linking a plurality of data records, each data record comprising a plurality of elements for identifying an associated individual, includes a first identity reference encoding module configured to encode a first encoded identity reference from a first subset of the identifying elements of a data record; a second identity reference encoding module configured to encode a second encoded identity reference from a second subset of the identifying elements of the data record; and an anonymization code assignment module configured to assign to each of the first and second encoded identity references an identical anonymization code for anonymously representing the individual associated with the data record.

Abstract: A method for selectively preparing customized reports of query explain data comprises selectively retrieving from the database subsets of the query explain data for the at least one query statement; formatting the subsets for display to a user; displaying within a report customization window one or more controls for selectively designating subsets of the query explain data for the at least one query statement to be included in the report; and in response to selection of the one or more controls, generating a report that includes the designated subsets of the query explain data for the at least one query statement.