Internet service provider callback for satellite systems

A method and apparatus for delivering purchase information comprising storing purchase information for a purchase of a user (122) in a set top box, wherein the set top box is configured to receive broadcast signals through a tuner; and enable a presentation device connected to the set top box to dis...

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Hauptverfasser:	FLAHARTY, DENNIS R, KAHN, RAYNOLD M, COCCHI, RONALD P, BREIER, DONALD J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and apparatus for delivering purchase information comprising storing purchase information for a purchase of a user (122) in a set top box, wherein the set top box is configured to receive broadcast signals through a tuner; and enable a presentation device connected to the set top box to display the broadcast signals; automatically obtaining a connection to the Internet (120) or a data paging network using a communication module of the set top box without the user (122) requesting the connection, wherein the communication module is different than the tuner; establishing a secure electronic connection with a server through the connection to the Internet (120) or data paging network; and transmitting the purchase information from the set top box through the secure electronic connection to the server (Fig. 1).