(12) United States Patent
`Chan
`
`(10) Patent N0.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 7,181,758 B1
`Feb. 20, 2007
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`US007181758B1
`
`(54) INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION AND
`PROCESSING SYSTEM
`
`(75) Inventor: Hark C. Chan, Cupertino, CA (US)
`
`(73) Assignee: Data Innovation, L.L.C., Northbrook,
`IL (US)
`
`( * ) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 245 days.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 10/322,624
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`(22) Filed:
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`Dec. 19, 2002
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`Primary ExamineriWilliam D. Cumming
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiMartin & Ferraro, LLP
`
`(57)
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`An information distribution and processing system contains
`-
`-
`-
`a sender and a plurallty of processlng un1ts. The sender
`delivers a set of digital data, Without receiving a request
`signal, to the plurality of processor units. The set of digital
`data conta1ns a ?rst set of displayable data, a second set of
`displayable data, at least one non-dlsplayable symbol, and at
`least one 11 nking reference associated with the Second Set of
`displayable data If desired, a user can Select the Second Set
`of displayable data. The associated linking reference is sent
`to a database. The database contains additional information.
`The associated linking reference is used by the database to
`search for the additional information, and returns the
`requested information to the user.
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`22 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
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`122
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`device
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`monltor
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`signal/data processor
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`storage
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`1 18
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`109
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`monitor
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`signal/data
`processor
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`1 08
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`central
`database
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`Input
`device
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`Chan ......................... .. 725/66
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`to the Web”; Computer Networks and ISDN Systems; vol. 27; No.
`2; pp. 267-272; Nov. 1994.
`Mazur et al.; “Joining Digital Hypermedia and Networking for
`Collaboration In Engineering Design: A Project’s Early Consider
`ation”; CD-ROM Professional; pp. 51-54; Mar. 1992.
`McManus, Neil; “CD-ROM, online hybrids; compuServe’s
`CompuServe CD”; Aug. 8, 1994 (JOINT 009885 to 009886).
`Murray, Rink; “Earl Weaver Baseball II; Software Review; one of
`four baseball simulation games reviews in ‘386 Down the Power
`Alleys”; PC Magazine; vol. 11; No. 8; p. 493; Apr. 26, 1992 (JOINT
`7903 to 7904).
`Nelson, Nancy; “Connectivity: Let Them Eat Cake”; Information
`today; vol. 5; Issue 2; Feb. 1988 (?ve pages).
`Nelson, Russell N.; Deposition transcript; Aug. 2003.
`Nelson, Theodor Holm; “Literary Machines 90.1”; 1990 (three
`pages), no month listed.
`Nesbit, Kathryn; “BRS/Links to the Future: Online Hypertext is
`Born”; Online; vol. 14; No. 3; pp. 34-36; May 1990 (?ve pages).
`Nickerson, Gord; “Mining for Gold”; CD-ROM Professional; pp.
`128-132; Jan. 1994.
`Nielsen, Jakob; “Hypertext and Hypermedia”; 1993 (ten pages), no
`month listed.
`Nunn-Price, Norman; “The Link Between CD-Rom and Online”;
`Law Technology Journal; vol. 2; No. 2; at 13; (Justis Article); May
`1993 (JOINT 7855 to 7857).
`O’Connor, Mary Ann; “Markup, SGML, and Hypertext for Full
`Text Databases-Part III”; CD-ROM Professional; pp. 130-131;
`Nov. 1992.
`
`Oben, Alta; “Review of Nautilus from May 1995 Monitor”; Jan. 14,
`1994 (four pages).
`Ogawa et al.; “Design Strategies for Scenario-based Hypermedia:
`Description of its Structure, Dynamics and Style”; Proceeding of the
`ACM Conference on Hypertext; pp. 71-80; Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 1992
`(eleven pages).
`Backet Driver CD-ROM Documents (JOINT 010302 to 010399), no
`date listed.
`Parkinson, Kirsten L.; “Nautilus CD Adds Magazine-Like Interface;
`Product Announcement”; MacWeek; vol. 7; No. 41; p. 12; Oct. 18,
`1993 (JOINT 003787 to 003788).
`Premise Notebook Screen Captures; (JOINT 009719 to 009722), no
`date listed.
`Premise User Manual; 1991; (JOINT 009240 to 009404), no month
`listed.
`Premise User Manual; 1992; (JOINT 009405 to 009464), no month
`listed.
`Premise User Packet; Front and Back Cover; May 5, 1991; (JOINT
`009687 to 009688).
`Raggett, David; HTML+ (Hypertext Markup Language); pp. 1-31;
`WWW Discussion Group Request for Comments; Jul. 12, 1993.
`Reality’s “Wealth Builder 3.0 by Money Magazine”; User’s Guide
`and ?oppy disks; 1992 (JOINT 7911 to 7913; 7933 (twenty-six
`pages); 7934 (one hundred, ?fty-eight pages); 7935 (User’s Guide;
`three hundred, thirty-seven pages)), no month listed.
`Reference Manual Revised Edition; West CD Rom Libraries; 1989;
`(JOINT 009465 to 9686), no month listed.
`Reisman, Richard R.; “CD-ROM/Online Hybrids, The Missing
`Link:?”; CD-ROM Professional; vol. 8, No. 4; Apr. 1995 (nine
`pages).
`Rescorla, E. et al.; “The Secure HyperText Transfer Protoclo”; Jun.
`1994 (twenty-three pages).
`Richman, Barry; “Online or Ondisc? When to Choose CD-ROM for
`your Database”; CD-ROM Professional; pp. 53-54; Mar. 1993.
`Rogers, Scot P.; “Citations from Business Dateline Thru 1998:
`BDl”; Feb. 5, 2002 (thirty-eight pages).
`Rogers, Scot P.; “Citations from Inform:Inf”; Feb. 5, 2002 (ten
`pages).
`Rogers, Scot P.; “Citations from Promt-Predicasts:PM3”; Feb. 5,
`2002 (four pages).
`Salamone, Salvatore; “Electronic software Distribution: Diamond
`in the Rough”; Data Communications; pp. 109-116; Mar. 1993
`(JOINT 003794 to 003799).
`Scenarios 1-6 and SAM Screen Captives; (Jul. 1, 1993); (JOINT
`9216-9229).
`Schneider, Marc; “What is Teletext?”; Philips Semiconductors
`Video Products; pp. 2-204 to 2-212; Jun. 1994 (nine pages).
`Scisco, Peter; “Pigskin preview; computer football games; Software
`Review; Evaluation”; Computel; vol. 14; No. 6; p. 92; Sep. 1992
`(JOINT 7905 to 7910).
`Sherman, Christopher V. et al.; “Exploring Hybrid World of CD
`ROM/On-Line Products”; Multimedia Week; vol. 3; No. 10; Mar. 7,
`1994 (JOINT 7731 to 7738).
`Simon, Barry; “Pipeline: Enter the Internet”; PC Magazine; p. 46;
`Feb. 8, 1994 (JOINT 003811).
`Slay, Alan L.; “Money Management Cures”; MacWorld; pp. 152
`158; Mar. 1991 (JOINT 003812 to 003818).
`Smith Jr., Kime H. et al.; “Accessing Multimedia Network Ser
`vices”; IEEE Communications Magazine; pp. 72-80; May 1992.
`Sofware Dispatch CD and Related Documentation; 1993 (JOINT
`009734 to 009737), no month listed.
`Stangenes, Sharon; ‘“First’ teams up with Microsoft on home
`banking”; Chicago Tribune; Nov. 19, 1993 (JOINT 010826).
`Steinberg, Jeffrey A.; “GeoQuery”; MacUser, vol. 8; No. 10; p. 58;
`Oct. 1992 (JOINT 003831 to 003833).
`Sugawara, Sandy; “Microsoft’s very big ballpark estimate; Soft
`ware giant’s ‘complete baseball’ opens a window on its ambitious
`on-line plans”; Washington Post; p. C1; May 7, 1994 (JOINT
`003834 to 003836).
`Swenson, John; “Banking through home computer has arrived”;
`Journal American; May 23, 1994 (JOINT 010821).
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`Swenson, John; “Software you can bank on; Microsoft, US. Bank
`to put ?nancial services within modern’s reach”; Journal American;
`Dec. 7, 1993 (JOINT 010825).
`USA Today; “Keyboards Dream Teams”; sec. BONUS; p. 4E; Aug.
`30, 1991 (JOINT7896 to 7897).
`Vaughn, Mary A. et al.; “Publishing on CD-ROM: The NautilusCD
`Experience”; CD-ROM Professional; vol. 7; No. 3; pp. 59-68;
`May/Jun. 1994 (JOINT 003837 to 003843).
`Vogt, Sjoerd; “CD-ROM and Online-competitors or Compatriots?
`An Online Host’s Point of View”; Online Information 92; pp. 33-45
`(David I. Raitt ed., 16th International Online Information Meeting
`Proceedings, London, Dec. 8-10, 1992); (Joint 7858 to 7871).
`Warner, Jack; “Sports Computer Games; Several new football
`games out”; The Atlanta Journal and Constitution; p. F2; Nov. 17,
`1991 (JOINT 7901 to 7902).
`Warner, Paul D.; “Tax Services and Tax Forms on CD-ROM”; CPA
`Journal; at 48; Nov. 1993 (JOINT 7752 to 7756).
`Warner, Paul D.; “A Follow-up On CD-ROM Tax Services (The
`CPA & the Computer)”; The CPA Journal Online; Jan. 1995 (four
`pages).
`Weinert, Bryan; “CD-ROM Technology, Past, Future”; Jan. 23,
`2002 (three pages).
`West’s CD-Rom Communique Special Issue; Spring 1991 (JOINT
`009708 to 009710), no month listed.
`Hayes, John P; “Computer Architecture and Organization”; pp.
`398-421; Jan. 1988.
`Liu Cricket et al.; “Managing Internet Information Services”;
`O’Reilly & Associates, Inc; pp. 279-298; Dec. 1994.
`David Raggett, WWW Discussion Group Request for Comments,
`“HTML (Hypertext Markup Language),” Jul. 12, 1993.
`John P. Hayes, “Computer Architecture and Organization,” Jan.
`1998.
`Phillips Multimedia, “Exploring Hybrid World of CD-ROlVUOn
`Line Products,” Multimedia Week, vol. 3, No. 10, Mar. 7, 1994.
`Law Technology Journal, The Link Between CD-Rom and Online,
`vol. 2, No. 2, May 1993, at 13. (Justis Article).
`Sjoerd Vogt, “CD-ROM and Online-Competitors or Compatriots?
`An Online Host’s Point of View,” Online Information 92 at 33
`(David I. Raitt ed., 16th International Online Information Meeting
`Proceedings, London, Dec. 8-10, 1992).
`Sjoerd Vogt, “CD-ROM and Online-Competitors or Compatriots?
`An Online Host’s Point of View,” Online Information 92 at 33
`(David I. Raitt ed., 16th International Online Information Meeting
`Proceedings, London, Dec. 8-10, 1992).
`Paul D. Warner, “Tax Services and Tax Forms on CD-ROM,” CPA
`Journal, Nov. 1993, at 48.
`G. Donald Bain, “Pinpointing Dilferences Between Atlas Pro, Map
`Info.,” MacWeek, vol. 6 (Mar. 9, 1992), p. 32.
`Christopher Barr, “On-line to Tomorrowland,” PC Magazine (Jan.
`25, 1994), p. 30.
`Christopher Barr, “Buy? Hold? Sell? MarketArts Windows on Wall
`Street,” PC Magazine, vol. 13, No. 11 (Jun. 14, 1994), p. 30.
`Gayle Bryant, “Combining Online and Disc,” Online & CD-ROM
`Review, vol. 17, No. 6 (Dec. 1993), pp. 386-398.
`“Microsoft Continues Home Momenturn With Nine New Products;
`Showcases New Products and Previews First Online Enhancement
`to CD-ROM Product,” Business Wire (Mar. 1, 1994).
`“CD-Rom With Baseball Daily Online To Hit Stores as Microsoft
`Home’s First Complete Sports Software; Comprehensive, Multi
`media Guide to America’s Favorite Pastime Is an O?‘icial Publica
`tion of Major League Baseball,” Business Wire (Jun. 10, 1994).
`Cary Grif?th, “The Federal Register on CD-ROM,” Information
`Today, vol. 9, No. 11 (Dec. 1992), pp. 32-34.
`
`“Automatic Hypermedia Link Generation,” IBM Technical Disclo
`sure Bulletin, vol. 35, No. 1A (Jun. 1992), pp. 447-448.
`“Fully Digital GML based Authoring and Delivering System for
`Hypermedia,” IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 35, No. 2
`(Jul. 1992), pp. 458-463.
`“Local Area Network Program Distribution Facility,” IBM Techni
`cal Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 33, No. 5 (Oct. 1990), pp. 169-171.
`“S&P And Dialog Introduce Company Information On CD-ROM;
`Standard & Poor’s Corp., CD-ROM Disc,” Information Today, vol.
`5, No. 6 (Jun. 1988), p. 22.
`“FT adds features, loses manager,” Information World Review, No.
`84 (Sep. 1993).
`“Reviews/Products Comparison,” InfoWorld (Dec. 7, 1992), p. 86.
`Gregg Keizer, “MECA’s Managing Your Money Breaks Into the
`Windows Market,” PC Magazine, vol. 13, No. 12 (Jun. 28, 1994),
`p. 37.
`Gregg Keizer, “Digital Dollars & Silicon Cents,” PC Magazine
`(Jan. 25, 1994), pp. 235-244.
`Ron Lietzke, “On-line information Goes Off-Line, Too,” Columbus
`Dispatch (Jun. 3, 1994).
`“Database Management,” MacUser, vol. 8, No. 13 (Jan. 1993), p.
`103.
`Richard Mann, “Quicken 3 for Windows; Productivity Choice;
`Software Review; Evaluation,” Computel, vol. 16, No. 4 (Apr.
`1994), p. 76.
`John Marcus, “Wilson Business Abstracts On CD-Rom for the
`Corporate Library,”Database, vol. 17, No. 3 (Jun. 1994), pp. 52-55.
`Kirsten L. Parkinson, “Nautilus CD Adds Magazine-Like Interface;
`Product Announcement,” MacWeek, vol. 7, No. 41 (Oct. 18, 1993),
`p. 12.
`“CompuServe Incorporated and Metatec Corporation Announce
`Strategic Alliance,” PR Newswire (Sep. 20, 1993).
`“New CompuServe CD-ROM Brings the Power of Multimedia to
`Online Computing,” PR Newswire (Jun. 1, 1994).
`Salvatore Salamone, “Electronic software Distribution: Diamond in
`the Rough,” Data Communications (Mar. 1993), pp. 109-116.
`Barry Simon, “Pipeline: Enter the Internet,” PC Magazine (Feb. 8,
`1994), p. 46.
`Alan L. Slay, “Money Management Cures,” MacWorld (Mar. 1991),
`pp. 1252-158.
`Jeffrey A. Steinberg, “GeoQuery,” MacUser, vol. 8, No. 10 (Oct.
`1992), p. 58.
`Sandy Sugawara, “Microsoft’s very big ballpark estimate; Software
`giant’s ‘complete baseball’ opens a window on its ambitious on-line
`plans,” Washington Post (May 7, 1994).
`Mary A. Vaughn and Brad Warnick, “Publishing on CD-ROM: The
`NautilusCD Experience,” CD-ROM Professional, vol. 7, No. 3
`(May/Jun. 1994), pp. 69-68.
`“Microsoft CD-ROM Yearbook: 1989-1990” Microsoft (1990), pp.
`163-170, no month listed.
`Reality’s “Wealth Builder 3.0 by Money Magazine,” User’s Guide
`(1992), no month listed.
`Peter Scisco, “Pigskin preview; computer football games; Software
`Review; Evaluation,” Computel, vol. 14, No. 6 (Sep. 1992), p. 92.
`Jack Warner, “Sports Computer Games; Several new football games
`out,” The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Nov. 17, 1991).
`Rink Murray, “Earl Weaver Baseball II; Software Review; one of
`four baseball simulation games reviews in ‘386 Down the Power
`Alleys,” PC Magazine, vol. 11, No. 8 (Apr. 26, 1992), p. 493.
`
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`INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION AND
`PROCESSING SYSTEM
`
`This application is a continuation of application Ser. No.
`10/079,257 ?led Feb. 19, 2002, noW abandoned, Which is a
`continuation of application Ser. No. 09/699,022 ?led Oct.
`27, 2000, noW abandoned, Which is a continuation of Ser.
`No. 09/480,226 ?led Jan. 10, 2000, now US. Pat. No.
`6,347,215, Which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/939,368
`?led Sep. 29, 1997, now US. Pat. No. 6,021,307, Which is
`a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 08/644,838
`?led May 10, 1996, noW abandoned, Which is a continuation
`in part of application Ser. No. 08/279,424 ?led Jul. 25, 1994,
`noW abandoned. All these patent applications are incorpo
`rated herein by reference.
`This invention relates generally to information distribu
`tion, and more particularly to distributing information using
`a broadcast channel and a bi-directional communication
`channel.
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`Recent advancements in modem and computer technol
`ogy alloW large amount of digital data to be transmitted
`electronically. A number of information providers (such as
`neWspaper and magaZine publishers) and on-line informa
`tion distributors have formed partnerships to deliver neWs
`paper and other information on-line. In this system, a
`subscriber uses a computer and a modem to connect, through
`a regular phone line, to the computer of an on-line infor
`mation provider. The subscriber can retrieve information,
`including newspaper articles, stored in the computer of the
`information provider.
`On-line delivery of neWspaper has many advantages. For
`example, the information can be updated throughout the day
`While the printed version is printed only once or tWice a day.
`Further, it is possible to do text-based searches on the
`information. HoWever, it is found that on-line deliver of
`neWspaper and other information is sloW. For example, a
`subscriber has to Wait many seconds for a neWspaper article
`to be delivered. The quality of the electronic neWspaper is
`loW. For example, in order to reduce storage and commu
`nication requirements, graphic images appeared in the
`printed version are not universally supplied in the on-line