MXPA99010113A - Method for embedding links to a networked resource in a transmission medium - Google Patents

Abstract

Un método para proveer un entrelace entre una señal de información (como cable televisión o señales de radio) y un recurso de redes (como Internet) comprendiendo los pasos de empotrar información de acceso en un medio de transmisión, la información de acceso adaptada para dar acceso al contenido del recurso de redes relevantes al contenido de la señal de información, transmitiendo la señal de información y la información de acceso, recibiendo la señal de información y la información de acceso en una terminal del usuario, extractando la información de acceso del medio de transmisión, utilizando la información de acceso para accesar el recurso de redes con una señal de acceso y desplegando el contenido del recurso de redes en la terminal del usuario que corresponde a la información de acceso. Información de acceso es dada por la señal de información y a su vez,ésta es provista por el usuario de redes o una señal distante de audio/vídeo por cable o por medios inalámbricos.

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METHOD FOR INTERCALLING LINKS TO A RESOURCE INSIDE THE NETWORK IN A TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENT CROSS REFERENCE WITH RELATED APPLICATIONS The application for this patent claims the priority of the United States Provisional Application with serial number 60 / 046,038, which was filed on May 9, 1997 and is incorporated by reference in this document. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to a method for providing access to resources within a network, and in particular to linking the content of the information of an audio / video information signal to the resources within a network through the underutilized resources of a transmission medium. BACKGROUND OF THE TECHNOLOGY Data sources within a network, such as those found on the Internet, are rich and important elements of information retrieval and distribution, and increasingly increase electronic commerce. However, there are problems in finding the desired information in this increasingly complex and changing data resource network. Recently introduced to the Internet "scanning machines", such as Yahoo in the "World-Wide Web" (WWW), helped by allowing a user to search for indexes within the network of information sources and even texts of complete sources, for relevant keywords and phrases related to your topic of interest, but even questions carefully structured by experienced users, often result in hundreds or even thousands of possible "references" that are not specific enough to rule out an exploration Additional manual that is deficient in data resources and time consuming. Because of these deficiencies, as well as the general lack of familiarity with these scanning machines and their syntax, users sometimes rely on broadcast media to identify source addresses (eg, UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCALIZERS ("URL ")) for web sites and other information of interest online. However, URLs are particularly difficult to manually enter into software programs, such as "browsers" on the web, due to their length and use of complex and single-family symbols. If characters in an address are not entered exactly, recovery is avoided or, in a limited number of cases, access to a legal but incorrect source is available. This is especially true when URLs incorporate foreign languages and / or complicated question instructions to the databases on the network, as is increasingly common in most sites on the web. Additionally, the inability to manually type or enter otherwise symbolic address information due to inability or lack of training, complicates the use of information resources within the network such as the Internet for millions of individuals. It is widely antited that access to The Internet will increasingly be provided through interactive cable television through web-ready television receivers and top box equipment used in conjunction with conventional television receivers. Television called web-ready is a television that can receive and display conventional broadcast television signals, which means that it allows the user to access WWW by providing a properly programmed modem and microprocessor based on the control circuitry. A software module such as a web browser is used to allow the user to dial an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and request files from the host servers on the Internet. Web pages loaded by teleprocess can be displayed through the search engine on a portion of the TV screen (ie, via picture in picture (PIP).) This is how the user can watch TV and "sliding on the Web", as independent functions, with a single piece of equipment A converter device is used in conjunction with a conventional TV to achieve the same effect; for example, Sony markets a device as a "WebTV" product. In this home entertainment environment, it is difficult to use keyboards to enter the URLs in the Web browser due to the lack of typing skills and the annoying placement of these components. Therefore, a method that eliminates typing and that allows users to link directly with a broadcast media to the sources of • Electronic information by choosing between a relevant number of URLs that is provided by the broadcaster would be highly desirable. A problem arises during the broadcasting of URLs or other links to resources within the network in the standard broadcast media, in which the length of time in which the link can be displayed is typically limited to 5-10 seconds. . This short duration does not provide enough time for the observer audience to copy anything other than the name of the server. This forces advertisers and other content providers to direct viewers to generic front pages, or to create additional domain names for specific products, which become both expensive and expensive. consumers of time due to the need and procedures associated with the registration of domain names. Therefore, it would be advantageous if links to resources within the network such as URLs could be displayed to the observers for a sufficient amount of time to allow them to copy the entire link or access the link via automatic or selective elements. Requests for a direct link and efficient among the media of 5 Dissemination and resources within the network are potentially unlimited, being the following representatives only from a small sample: 1. sporting events with simultaneous access to statistics of players within the network, commercial sale of goods related to the equipment, video recordings of games, and advance ticket sales; 2. travel exhibits with access simultaneous to details within the network concerning the region presented, commercial sale of travel arrangements, maps, books, guides, appropriate clothing and luggage; educational exhibits with access simultaneous in the network to courses with equivalence of primary, baccalaureate and university, teaching in particular subjects, commercial purchase of books, compact discs, exams taken within the network with results in real time, which is of particular applicability to the disabled, temporarily injured, gifted or those with special needs; 4. privileged time view with simultaneous access to itineraries within the network of presentations of guest actors and actresses, 6 commercial purchase of books and tapes written by or about the program or the actors; 5. Telethons and channels supported by advertising with the simultaneous option of making charitable contributions via secure electronic currency; 6. telenovelas with simultaneous access within the network to previous episodes in summary or in detail, background of the characters and actors that represent each of the characters, make contact with information related to fan clubs; 7. Contest programs with simultaneous option to participate in a version within the network of the same contest that is conducted in parallel with the broadcast version; 8. Nature programs with simultaneous option to contribute to wildlife / send funds for restoration using secure electronic currency, and information regarding conservation or trips to regions that are filmed; 9. Cinema with the simultaneous ability to buy relevant books and videos, participate in trivia contests, have access to information regarding the special appearances of actors and amateur clubs; 10. discussion programs with the simultaneous ability to answer and participate in discussions with the audience; In addition to programming less expensive information and commercials, which could occupy, otherwise costly dissemination time, they would be relocated to the resources within the network. Therefore, there is a need for an efficient link between audio and video-based media and resources within the network that is friendly to most television users in order to satisfy both the commercial enterprise and the to the informal company. Information that is comprised of an audio and / or video content such as that found in radio broadcasters, television broadcasters, audio and video tapes, audio / video and interactive compact discs (CDs) and audio and video signals transmitted and received via cable and satellite are often closely related to a wide variety of resources within the network. Multiplexed audio such as simultaneous broadcast in multiple languages (MTS) still offers other elements through which a Provider can gain valuable information about potential users with which the provider can customize the choices of resources within the network that are made available to the user. This relationship can be in the form of commercial sales of relevant merchandise, additional sources of complementary information, and a host of resources within the network, designed to interest the potential audience towards the particular audio content. Therefore, there is a distinct need for a link between the media that is comprised of audio content information and the relevant resources within the network. One of the problems faced by network resource providers is that they receive very little feedback, if any, from people who have access to their site. The information that can be useful for a provider includes both demographic data referring to the user as well as seeing and listening data that detail the programs seen or heard, in time, date and duration (ie, temporary information) for which it does. Therefore, it would be more advantageous to provide an element where the provider within the network could have access to the feedback information that is comprised of the user's demographic data and the data to see and hear in real time or subsequent to the broadcast directly. or through an intermediary (for example, an agency to clear the origin cl eari ng ho use). It would also be extremely advantageous if this information could be cross-correlated to obtain information of the "Nielsen Ratings" type. International Application No. WO 97/38529, delivered under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and incorporated herein by reference, discloses an interactive system and method for accessing a source of information such as the Internet through a system of existing cable television distribution and an input end distribution equipment together with a plurality of televisions with converter equipment. The user enters an upstream command for the information source through a remote control unit or a keyboard. The information source responds by providing information displayed to the input end distribution equipment, which is inserted at empty intervals such as the empty vertical or horizontal intervals of the television transmission in a downstream channel through the end distribution equipment. input, The displayed information represents data of sequential images, which are extracted from the converter equipment and displayed to the user on a television. Thus, this reference reveals a relatively complex method of two-way communication between a user and a source of information, which provides the user with access to these services such as the Internet. However, this method requires that the protocol used to transmit user commands upstream and display the information downstream include the address of the information that identifies a specific user by issuing the command and receiving the information displayed. In addition, since the only connection to the information source is via the input end distribution equipment, the complete information displayed must be transmitted back to the user, which is generally continuous and long. Therefore, it would be advantageous to provide a simple and advantageous audio / video information link element with the relevant content of a source of information such as that found on the Internet without requiring the inclusion of directing the information identifying the user in particular requesting access to the source of information. Furthermore, it would be advantageous if the access to the information 5 that allows the user to link the source of information would not require to include the complete exhibited information which induces a delay in the response time perceived by the user to his response to have access. further, it would be advantageous if this system could be adapted to be used in television and / or radio broadcasting. Another system very similar to the one disclosed in the application? 38529 is described on the Internet (http: // connectedpc. Com / lawweb / intercast / whatis / infoOl .htm) and 15 is called Intercast ™ Technology. However, this system uses a personal computer with a video capture card that allows the personal computer to receive and display cable television signals. Web pages that contain hyperlinks for additional pages on the web are sandwiched within the vertical empty interval of the cable television signal. The personal computer displays a composition of images that includes the signal of the television by cable, the web page, a list of pages of 12 ^^ ^^, ^^^,. ^, ^^, M ^^^^ .-- ~ i ^ g ^^^^ _ & __. «___ ^^^^^^^, ^, ^^^ ^^^^^ the web loaded by teleprocessing, an area of the selection of television channel and a selection area of the page of the web. While a particular television channel is displayed, user 5 may select one of a number of related web pages to be displayed in the web page area on the screen as well as select another television channel and pages of the corresponding related web. Unlike of the system disclosed in the patent? 38529, this technology requires the user to have a separate connection to the Internet. However, as in the patent? 38539 this technology reveals the transmission of the complete web pages for is displayed to the user, which adds a significant amount of information to be transmitted within the limited resources of the empty vertical interval. Therefore, it would be advantageous if the system could provide access to resources within the network for the user by sending only a minimum amount of information to link the user to the resource within the network. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 25 In accordance with the present invention, eftí¡tiL pf *, SA - ^ "" 'A ^ fff provides a method to provide a link between an information signal and resources within the network that is comprised of the steps of intercalating access information in a transmission medium , the access information adapted to provide access to the content of a resource within the relevant network for the content of the signal of the information, transmitting the signal of the information and the access information, receiving the information signal and the information of the access to a user terminal, extracting the access information from the transmission medium, using the access information to access the resource within the network with an access signal, and displaying the content of the resource within the network in the user's terminal corresponding to the access information. The step for interleaving the access information may further comprise the step of interleaving the access information with an empty vertical or horizontal interval of the information signal, the bandwidth not used by the information signal, a sideband of the signal of information, a header of an Internet message packet and / or a subcarrier in the transmission medium. 14 . • * - & Then, according to the present invention, the step of interleaving the access information can be further understood. of the step of hiding the access information with the information signal, the step for the transmission may further comprise the step of transmitting the information signal and the access information using broad-spectrum transmission techniques, and the receiving step may also understand the step of receiving the signal from information and access information using broad spectrum reception techniques. The step for interleaving the access information may further comprise the steps for interleaving the access information within a channel that is comprises of the access information corresponding to a plurality of information signals, and extracting the access information from the corresponding channel to the information signal that is currently being received. The access information may be synchronized to a predetermined portion of the information signal. According to still more with the present invention, the information signal may be comprised of an audio and / or video content. The step for display the content of the resource within the network 15 R¿a ^ .. J ^, - ^ ... vC_a may also be comprised of the sign display step indicating the availability of the link to the content of the resource within the network and displaying the resource transmitted within the network to the user in response to the cue selection. In accordance with the present invention, the method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network can also be comprised of the steps of compressing the access information before interleaving the access information in the transmission medium, decompressing the access information by the user of the terminal, coding the access information before interleaving the access information in the transmission medium, decoding the access information by the user of the terminal, interleaving the user information within the access signal, compressing the information of the user before interleaving the access information within the access signal, coded the user information before interleaving the access information within the access signal, interspersing the access information to an additional resource within the network in the content of the resource within the network, coding the information 1 6 to access additional resources within the network before intercalating the access information to additional resources within the network in the content of the resource within the network, and compressing the access information to additional resources within the network before to intercalate the information of access to additional resources within the network in the content of the resource within the network. In addition to the present invention, the method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network may comprise, in addition to the steps of assigning an index corresponding to each of the pluralities of resources within the network. network, selecting one of the indexes corresponding to the plurality of resources within the network, using the index to determine which of the pluralities of resources within the network will be accessed, and providing a summarized content of the index, the summarized content represents the content of the resource within the corresponding network. Still further in accordance with the present invention, the step for interleaving the access information may also comprise the step for interleaving a link to the resource within the network at A ^ * ^? ^ J ^ í ^ ¡¡¡gi the transmission medium, or insert a URL in the transmission medium, and record the user information and optional temporary information through the resource within the network. The step to display the content may further comprise the step of automatically displaying the content without the intervention of the user, or selectively displaying the content in response to the user's intervention. According to the present invention, the user's terminal can be a portable personal computer, a personal computer or a television, adapted for the reception of television signals and / or radio signals, with Internet access and wireless access to the resources within 15 of the network. The transmission medium can be free space, a cable, or the Internet. The step for interleaving the access information may further comprise the step to use the user information to determine access to the content of the resource within the network. The step to use the access information may also comprise the step to transmit the user information to a resource within the network. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 25 These and other objectives and characteristics of 18 ^^^^^^ -? ? aaM «tiMr- tMfc ~. Now, the invention will now be described in relation to the drawings. Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of an apparatus that provides user access to interleaved links within an audio / video signal to resources within the network of the present invention. Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing an automatic link between the audio / video signal and resources within the network of the present invention. Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing a plurality of selectable links between the audio / video signal and a plurality of resources within the network of the present invention. Figure 4 illustrates a relative flow diagram illustrating the tasks to be performed by an audio / video signal provider, the resource provider within the network and the user. Figure 5 illustrates the interlaced exploration concept of prior technology. Figure 6 illustrates an apparatus for providing both automatic and user selectable links between the audio / video signal and resources within the network of the present invention. 19 Figure 6A illustrates the spectral components of an NTSC signal of the prior art. Figure 7 illustrates a block diagram of a first embodiment of the apparatus for providing automatic and user selectable links between the audio / video signal and the resources within the network of the present invention within the audio video signal is made available to the user through an entity separately from the resource provider within the network. Figure 8 illustrates a higher level block diagram of a second embodiment of the apparatus for providing the two links both automatic and selectable by the user between the audio / video signal and the resources within the network of the present invention where the audio / video signal is made available to the user through the provider of the resources within the network. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of an apparatus 10 that is adapted to provide access to interleaved links between audio / video signals such as broadcast signals and signals of 20 cable and radio television and resources within resources within the network such as the Internet, local databases, remote databases and other information repositories well known in the technology. In the illustrated example, a baseball game can be displayed in a primary viewing area 12 of a television set ready for web 14. The web-ready television 14 could equivalently be a standard television receiver, a cable decoder box, a receiver - web television transmitter (which is comprised of a top card to be connected by incorporating the components of a television receiver and the functionality of the Internet access), a VCR or a digital disc (for example DVDI) while still inside of the scope of the present invention The choice is given to a user (not shown) of the resources within the relevant network 16 to superimpose the baseball game in the primary viewing area 12 (eg, such as statistics of the current player, the team's itinerary, and the options to buy products related to the equipment) in the lower left corner. The user can access resources within the network or online 16 through 2 1 t ^ É & & b & amp; press a button within the set of buttons in a remote control unit 18 corresponding to an indexing scheme that references the on-screen selection of resources within the network 16. In the example illustrated in Figure 1, a dedicated button (ie, 1, 2, 3) is provided for each of the resources within the network 16, while in practice this can be achieved by pressing the same button in a succession fast or through another means equally known to those trained in technology. Pressing the button or buttons on the remote control unit 18 initiates a transmission of an infrared signal from the remote control unit 17 to the web ready television 14 through elements well known in the art. At the time of reception and decoding of the infrared signal, a web locator within the web-ready television 14 will use the decoded information to access a specific site or sites in the resources within the network or on the Internet. The access to the resources within the network 16 is then displayed in image in image (PIP) 20, an auxiliary screen or an equivalent element through methods well known in the art.

Access to resources within the network 16 can also be provided via a logo or other cue, for example, hidden in the corner of the television screen. The logo can be read as "Available Active Content" or an equivalent phrase indicating that the link is possible to access resources within the network by displaying the actual content. The content of the resource within the network can then be displayed in response to the selection of the logo by the observer in a PIP mode or in full screen. If a logo was provided on the network's full-screen display of the resource, then the observer could jump between the display of the resource within the network and the display of the audio / video signal. Since the content of the audio / video signal also changes, it may be the choice of resources within the network 16 offered to the user in order to maintain synchronization and relevance between the resources within the network provided to the user and the user. content of the audio / video signal information. The synchronized choice of resources within the network can be adapted to dialogue between the content of the information of the network. < ^ *? * b ** .. «to *? M the audio / video signal and the selection signals for a resource within the particular network. For example, the user may have the choice of purchasing the same dress worn by an actress 5 simultaneously appearing on the television screen, or a list of the current appearances of a singer simultaneously acting on a radio station. Similarly, Figure 2 illustrates a The method of the present invention provides an automatic link between the audio / video signal and resources within the network or online. The provider of the audio / video signal makes a decision on which of the resources within the network will be linked to a particular signal and the timing and duration of each choice. For example, the producer of a television program may have knowledge of a plurality of relevant sites on the Web for the content of the program that he may synchronize for the particular segments of the audio / video signal. The access information (typically a URL) relevant to the resources within the chosen network is chosen by the provider and optionally is coded 32 before being interleaved 34 within the audio / video signal. In 24 the audio / video signal the provider can use the information such as the demographic data of the user, data about seeing and hearing, data that has been analyzed offline in order to determine the suitability of the resources within the network for be offered to the user. This data can be obtained from the user's or third party's sources (for example, houses for clearing) through band or out-of-band 32A techniques (for example, through cable, modem, satellite, RF sideband, paging channels, etc.). A particularly useful application of this information would be to obtain information of the "Nielsen Ratings" type that monitors the observed and heard programs by a large cross section of users whose demographic information is known and available for cross-correlation. This information can then be used by potential advertisers to determine market share, efficiency of particular time lots, and the real-time response of a multitude of programming and advertising content. The compression of the coded information 33 may be advisable due to the amount of useful data that can be attached to the information 25 of access to the resource within the network and the limits imposed by the method used to insert? this information within a transmission medium. One of the methods for compression described in copending U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Serial No. 60 / 037,988 and 09 / 023,918 which are incorporated herein by reference, may be used in the present invention. Briefly, the method encodes a network address of a white server computer and an index pointer of the target file as opposed to a long URL to provide the access information that points to the resources within the specific network. Alternative compression methods that are well known in the art can be used. The optionally compressed information is interleaved 34 during a horizontal and / or vertical void interval of the audio / video signal (such as a broadcast or cable television signal or radio signal) since this is where there is a waste of resources without use or of a bandwidth. U.S. Patent No. 5,497,187 discloses a method for inserting information in a vertical vacuum interval of television signals, which is incorporated in the present as a reference. This information may also be encoded in lateral bands, subcarriers or alternative elements that use unused resources to transfer additional information into audio and / or video signals well known to those who are trained in the technology. U.S. Patent No. 5, 621,471 and 5,657,088 discloses methods for interleaving and retrieving additional information within a video signal, which is incorporated herein by reference. The resulting audio / video signal is then transmitted by the provider and received by the user using elements well known in the art. The access information is then extracted or separated from the audio / video signal received and decoded 42 and decompressed, if necessary, via elements substantially complementary to those used to code 32 and compress the information. A request for the resource within the particular network corresponding to the access information is transmitted 42A (such as by a modem, ISDN link, wireless elements, IT or other equivalent elements well known in the technology) to a resource provider within of the network. The resource provider within the network receives the 42D access information and transmits the resource within the network to the user. The resource within the network can optionally record the user's demographic data, the index, the data to see / hear as well as the temporary information such as the data and the time for future use, resale and / or analysis. The resource within the network is then automatically received and displayed 46 by the user's hardware and software without the intervention or participation of the user. Optionally the demographic data information of the user and the data to see and hear can be keyed 42B by the user, and optionally compressed 42C before the 42A transmission of both the request for a resource within the particular network and the demographic information of the appended user and the data to see and hear. After receiving 42D of the access information to the resource within the network and the user's demographic data as well as the optional viewing / listening data, the provider can code 42E the additional access information to the resource within the network using the demographic data of the user and the data to see / hear, compress 42F the encoded information, and interleave 42G compressed information 42G into the signal providing the user with the resource within the designated network. In this way, the hierarchy of access to resources within the network can be achieved through the underutilized resources of the transmission medium guided both by the user's previous choice of resources within the network as well as by the demographic data of the user and the data to see / hear. The resource within the desired network is transmitted to the user who then receives and displays the resource within the network. The user can receive access to resources within the network through a number of techniques, including the conventional modem, the cable modem, the satellite, the RF sideband and the paging channels. A modification of the above method is provided in Figure 3 which illustrates a method of the present invention that provides the user with a selectable link between an audio / video signal and a plurality of resources within the network 30A where the user is provided with a choice of different resources within the network to have access as shown in Figure 1. This differs from the automatic system of Figure 2 in that the resource within the network is not accessed automatically. A decision is made by the audio / video signal provider as to which among the plurality of resources within the network will be available to the user for a specified duration of the audio / video signal using the optional additional sources of information on the user's demographic data, the see / hear data and the data that has been analyzed offline and obtained through in-band or out-of-band 32AA techniques. Access information relevant to the plurality of resources within the chosen network is coded 32A before being interleaved 34A within the audio / video signal. Just as in the embodiment illustrated in Figure 2, this information can be interleaved 34A during a horizontal interval and / or vacuum of the audio / video signal, within the sidebands or subcarriers of the signal or alternative methods using unused resources for the transfer of additional information in the audio and / or video signals well known in the technology.

The resulting signal is processed using 30 substantially the same steps as in the automatic method illustrated in Figure 2, except that after the 42AA decoding of the access information, the descriptive information or the summarized content of each choice of resources within the available network is provided. to user 42AB with the indications corresponding to each election of the resource within the network. The user selects 42AC for a particular index and transmits 42AD that index.

The index is received 42AE and the resources within the corresponding network is transmitted 44A using the decoded access information previously extracted from the audio / video signal. The resource within the network can optionally register the demographic data of the user, the index, the see / hear data as well as the temporal information such as the data and the time for future use, resale and / or analysis. The resource within the network is displayed 46A to the user. Alternatively, after the 42AC index selection the user's hardware and / or software can key 42 AF the index along with the user's demographic data and the see / listen data and optionally compress 42AG the information put into key in order to allow the provider to have 31 .-ít_ ¡^^^^^^^^^^^ Sa m ¿^^ ílísÍ¡ ^ access to additional information useful in the determination of additional potential choices of resources within the network offered to the user. Additional choices of resources within the network may optionally be encoded 42AH, compressed 42AI and interleaved 42AJ into the audio / video signal comprising the access s resources within the network originally chosen by the user before being transmitted 44A by the provider and exhibited 46A to the user. The steps illustrated in the method of Figure 3 are listed under the corresponding entity that performs them in Figure 4. The optional steps are included in Figure 4 in the order most likely played, however, this is not intended of being a limitation in which the steps can be performed in a number of different sequences within the scope of the present invention. The following represents a summary of the color television technology provided for the purpose of improving understanding of the block diagram of an apparatus embodying the present invention which follows. While the following summary mainly describes the functionality of television reception with respect to the standards of the National Television Systems Committee (NTSC), the present invention is also intended to be applicable to alternative standards 5 that are understood in Sequential Color with AVEC Memory (SECAM), Phase Alternation of each Line (APL) and the different forms of High Definition Television (HDTV) equally. Each of the aforementioned standards is described in detail in K.

Benson, The Television Engineering Manual, chapters 21, 23-24 (1992), which is incorporated herein by reference. The transmission and electronic reception of visual images in the form of video signals is, equal to long-length films, based on the phenomenon that a series of successive images are seen in a continuous image due to the persistence of human vision. through the use of interlaced scanning 30 images can be diffused per second without providing significant leaps. A television transmitter shows segments of the image for brightness with respect to three colors (red, green and blue) and transmits sample information in sequence. The image is explored by a electron beam only as a reader of 33 fff f-f ^ iAAf- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) looks for a printed type page - character by character and line by line. This results in the flow of an electric current with an instantaneous magnitude 5 proportional to the brightness of the desired segment. A television receiver reproduces each of the segments of the transmitted image from the video broadcast with its correct position, brightness and color. An electron ray in the kinescope of the The receiver is modulated in intensity by the incoming video signal while the ray searches for the kinescope in synchrony with the transmitter's finder. Light is emitted from the photoelectric surface of the kinescope on the visible side of the kinescope in proportion to the intensity of the electron beam that hits it. Therefore, the original image is scanned and reproduced having its original position, brilliance and color. An image is received - transmitted to through exploring it according to a fine structure of almost horizontal parallel lines called frame scanning. { scanning ra s ters). The complete pattern is rectangular. The exploration can be done conventionally when starting in the upper left corner together with the first line 34 and moving to the right at a constant speed. At the end of the first line a quick turn is made to the left side to start the exploration on the second line, again moving to the right. When all the lines have been scanned in this way, from the top to the bottom, the process is repeated by quickly returning to the upper left corner where the first line is located. If all the lines are explored in the sequence described above, the process is called sequential explanation. According to the standards in the United States (NTSC), each frame is comprised of 525 scans or plot lines which in turn comprise several hundred elements of the image. Each line is scanned and transmitted to the receiver which enables 30 frames to be received per second. At the end of each line the collector tube that leaves the transmitter is left empty during the time in which the scanned beam is redirected to the next line. This time is commonly referred to as the current or horizon and is used to transmit synchronization signals that synchronize the scanning process in the receiver to that of the transmitter. Similarly, after the completion of the last line of the picture the picture is set empty during the time in which the electron beam is put back on the route to the first line of the picture, typically referred to as putting in ci or verti cal. If the output of the electron beam was not suppressed or emptied during the empty horizontal and vertical intervals there would be objectionable line in the received image tracking the movement of the electron beam at the time it is put back on track. Devices loaded with coupled images do not require complex deflection or vacuum circuits as they are explored using access and recovery management techniques. The pulse counters, the divider chains and the memory provide the correct sequential reading of the selection of the charging device coupled in such a way that the image is recovered from the individual outputs of the photo-diodes from the coupled charging device without the need to compensate for the retraction of the electron beam. A process referred to as an interlaced explorer represents a variation of the sequential scan and is used to conserve the bandwidth in the transmission system without introducing significant jumps. The jumps as a function of the repetition rate of coverage of the frame to the as well as the luminescence of the duty cycle and the disintegration characteristic of the kinescope. With interlaced exploration, the alternating lines (nones), which are shown with dotted lines in Figure 5, are scanned first and the remaining lines (pairs), shown with solid lines in Figure 5, are then explored. The entire area of the plot is covered or explored twice. Therefore, the repetition rate for the interlaced scan is twice that of the sequential scan, which is at the same speed along with each of the lines, which results in a corresponding jump reduction. The whole frame is covered 30 times per second, therefore the frame is allowed to be scanned 60 times per second. The interlaced exploration is illustrated in Figure 5. The number of lines of the frame in the image is intended to illustrate only u is not intended to represent the actual number used in practice. The first line of the frame 60 starts in the upper central part of the image. 37 ^ ¡^ ^ ^ The beam then proceeds by half a line at the right edge. The horizontal retraction (space '' Horizontal void) to the left occurs, and follows the third line 62. At the far right of the third line, a line and a half have been explored: the fifth line 64 and the successive lines numbered with nones they are scanned to a total of 241.5 lines, ending in the lower right corner.Two lines passed during the vertical scan interval (vertical vacuum) during which the scanning beam moves towards the upper left corner, placing itself in a position to start explore the second line, this ends a complete field, then 241.5 successive pairs lines are scanned, ending at the middle lower end of the image, again 21 lines passed for the vertical scan (vertical empty space), during this time the scanner ray is returned to the upper center of the image, this completes the second field and thus a complete picture 66.

The sequence repeats. According to the rules in the States United 15,750 lines are required to be explored per second. With a vertical scanning speed of 30 times per second, there are 525 lines assigned to each frame and 262.5 lines per field. Each line has a duration of 63.49 microseconds. A finite number of times is required to return the scanning electron beam to the left edge of the image for the next line. This horizontal period of empty space requires 16-18% of the total time of the line, 0 10.16 - 11.43 microseconds. Similarly, 7.5 - 8% of the empty space period vertical, or 1250 - 1333 microseconds, are required in the vertical empty space to enable the scanning beam to return to the upper part of the image. This is the equivalent of about 21 scanned lines. The empty space circuits prevent the transmission of variations of brightness during the intervals to return to horizontal and vertical route. Figure 6 illustrates an apparatus for linking to resources within the network interleaved within the broadcast or cable television signals 70 of the present invention. The National Television System Committee (NTSC) and other broadcast standards for television broadcasting include additional bandwidths at the end of each field (in the case of exploration 39 | ^ g ^ g ^^^ j ^^^ gugÉág¡ ^^^ intercalated described above) and the box used to reduce the distortion of the screen in receivers with old or intolerant components. This additional bandwidth is also used to transmit relevant information from video frames, usually by elements of a transmission protocol with error correction (such as in the North American Broadcast Teletext Rules (NABTS)) for subsequent recovery and use in enhanced broadcast functions, such as data for closed reception systems (cióse captioning). The present invention seeks to intercalate the access information to resources within the network within the audio / video signal making possible for devices such as web-ready television, conversion apparatus units, cable decoder boxes , WebTV receivers-transmitters, VCRs, and digital discs (particularly DVDI) so that they are linked to resources within the network such as the World Wide Web and have access to other sites within the network relevant to the content of the information in the audio / video signal. The block diagram of a receiver of 40 ^^^^^^ ^^^^, ^ ^^:.:. color television 72, illustrated in Figure 6, receives a video signal from an antenna 74 or a cable. The signal can be equivalently provided through a conventional modem, a cable modem, satellite, RF sideband, paging channels and other equivalent elements well known in the art. The video signal is encoded with the access information corresponding to the resources within the network during the vacuum intervals vertical and / or horizontal vacuum or equivalent elements well known in the technology and discussed above. It is anticipated that the audio / video signal provider will make the decision as to which access information will be encoded in the video signal before transmission and that these decisions are updated dynamically in order to retain synchronization between the choice of resources within the network will be provided to the user and the content of the information in particular of the signal presented to the user. It is also anticipated that the user may optionally have the choice of resources within the network during various segments of the signal. 25 Subsequent to the video signal that is 41 entered and applied to the video detector 76 of the television receiver 72, the access information to the resource within the network coded in the empty vertical and / or horizontal intervals, the sidebands, the subcarriers or alternative elements well known in the The technology will be separated from the detected video signal via the access information of the resource within the network 78 through well-known elements in the technology. The access information of the resources within the network is then provided to a web-ready television, a conversion unit, a cable decoder box, a VCR or an equivalent system well known in technology 80. Access information the resource within the network is also provided to a screen of the color cathode ray tube 82, in order to display (for example, superimposition of the primary image, in a full screen, or in an Image in Picture (Picture in Picture) (PIP)) the potential options of the resources within the network to allow the user to choose among these as also shown in Figure 1. The access information to the resource within the network provided to the tube screen color cathode ray 82 can be provided in terms of descriptive summaries of the content of each of the resource options within the network coupled with an index in order to allow the user to Give your choice to 5 through a remote control unit 18 or with other equivalent input devices (eg, a keyboard) well known in the technology. Access information to the resource within the network provided in the video display device 80 typically represents a set of addresses (such as URLs) pointing to the resources within the network chosen by the audio / video signal provider corresponding to the options provided to the user. In the case of the Internet as the resource within the network, a web browser 84 then accesses one of the addresses specified by the user through the network interface 86 and provides the user with a display of the resource within the network on a display device from video 80, an auxiliary display (not shown), full screen display, or a (PIP) on the color cathode ray tube. A further embodiment is made possible using the concepts illustrated in the Figure 6 and the method illustrated in Figure 2, where 43 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ___ ^^^^^^ user is not provided with a choice of resources within the network but instead has automatic access to a resource within the network in particular at the time of reception by the search engine 5 of the web 84 of the information of the resource within the extracted network. The remote control 18 will be non-essential or its participation ignored by this embodiment while the controller 88 will require that access be proceeded within the network automatically without user intervention through the remote control unit 18. As described above, the link or access information to the resource within the network can also be interleaved within a band. unused side or a subcarrier of the audio / video signal. Each television signal consists of a video signal and an audio signal. The prescribed signal of the NTSC has a bandwidth of approximately 6.00 MHz and is modulated on a predefined carrier frequency according to the channel that will be transmitted. For example the four VHF channel has channel limits of between 61-68 MHz between 61-68 MHz, a frequency of a 62.25 MHz video carrier and a carrier frequency of 67.75 MHz audio. The area between the channels reduces 44 the interference between the channels. The spectrum of the frequency of an NTSC signal is illustrated in Figure 6A. The video signal consists of a luminescent signal of 108 and a chromatic signal of 110. The luminescence signal 108 provides the strength of the signal for both black and white television and color television signals. The luminescence signal 108 has spectral peaks 112 every 15.75 kHz, which correspond to the horizontal frequency of the television. The amplitude of the spectral peaks of luminescence 112 decreases to 4.2 MHz. The video signal is suppressed above 4.20 MHz to provide the audio signal 114, which is modulated with a 4.50 MHz carrier. Chromatic signal 110 starts at approximately 2.08 MHz in the spectrum and is modulated at a frequency of 3.58 MHz. Chromatic signal 110 has spectral peaks 116, which also have 15.75 kHz gap. 20 A detailed discussion of these and other related concepts is offered in K. Benson, The Engineering of Television (1992), which is incorporated herein by reference. The access information of this The invention can be modulated on a subcarrier 45 between 4.20 MHz and 4.50 MHz and the upper limit of the bandwidth, which is approximately 6.00 MHz, by elements well known in the technology. Likewise, a subcarrier that can be used to provide access information for radio broadcast signals in AM or FM through elements well known in the technology. In addition, since during the modulation of the NTSC signals in the broadcast carrier, a sideband of the modulated signal is filtered to reduce the requirements of the bandwidth, the width of the unused band can be used to transmit information access by well-known elements in technology. In order to offer an understanding of Internet and the online resource concepts used in the present invention, a brief discussion about the relevant technology is provided. The "Worl d Wi Web" is an information repository of a distributed media hypermedia that is accessed with an interactive search engine. The search engine displays an information page that allows the user to move to another page when making a selection using a pointing device such as a mouse. { mouse).

Web documents are written in the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). In addition to the text, a document contains labels that specify the layout and format of the 5 documents. Some of the labels cause an immediate change, while others are used in pairs to apply an action to a multiple item. Because an HTML document uses a textual representation, the images are not directly included in the document. Instead of this, a label is placed in the document to specify the place where the image can be inserted in the source of the image. The anchor tag is used to specify 15 items in an HTML document that corresponds to an external reference. When a search engine displays the document, the search engine marks the reference to obtain a new document. Because an anchor can arbitrarily include articles, a selection can correspond to the image or an icon as easily as the text. External references are given in the form of a Universal Resource Locator (URL). A search engine extracts from the URL the protocol used to have access to the article, the name of the computer 47 '* y® ^ ¡¡tí_H_ > _ í. in which the article resides, and the name of the article. A URL that starts with h t tp: // specifies that a browser must use the Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) to access the article; 5 a search engine also uses other services such as the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Although HTML includes many features used to describe the content and format of a document, the characteristic that distinguishes the HTML from the format languages of the conventional document is the ability to include the hypertext references. Each hypertext reference is a passive pointer to another document. Unlike directly providing the URL to the As a search engine, as is done by the present invention, the technique used by the Intercast ™ technology to include references in hypertext does not cause immediate action. Instead, a search engine changes the hypertext reference in an article selectable when the document is displayed. If the user selects the article, the search engine follows the reference, retrieves the document to which it refers and replaces the current exhibition with the new document. 25 HTML allows any concept to be 48 ¥? FlÉ! FtW - ^^ t ^ S? & & ^. ^ ^,? ^ r3l ^^ i ^ í? i designated as a hypertext reference. This is how a single word, a phrase, a whole paragraph, or an image can refer to another document. If an entire image is designated as a hypertext reference, the user can select the reference by placing the cursor at any position in the image and clicking on the mouse button. Similarly, in the event that a paragraph designated as a hypertext reference, clicking on any character in the paragraph causes the search engine to follow the reference. Further details on hypertext can be found in D. Comer, Redes de Computadora e Internets (1997), which is incorporated herein by reference. A search engine consists of a driver, one or more clients used to accessing documents, and one or more interpreters used to display the documents. Each search engine must contain an HTML client to retrieve web pages and an HTML interpreter to display them. In addition, a search engine can include clients that allow access to services such as a file transfer or an email, and interpreters that display documents that use representations other than HTML. 49 mfetaSte *. ^. AatAj ^ ai * - To make an efficient recovery of the document, a search engine uses cache memory. The search engine places a copy of each document or image that a user sees on a local disk. Whenever a document is needed, the search engine checks the cache memory before requesting the document from a server in the network. Most search engines allow users to control the length of time of documents that are stored in the cache memory just like the other parameters it controls. When a search engine interacts with a Web server, the two programs follow HTTP. In principle, HTTP is direct: it allows a search engine to request a specific article, which server returns. To ensure that search engines and servers can interoperate unambiguously, HTTP defines the exact format of requests sent from the search engine to a server as well as the response format returned by the server.

Web search engines have a more complex structure than Web servers. A server performs a direct task repeatedly: the server expects a browser to open a connection and request a specific page. The server then sends a copy of the requested article, closes the 50 connection, and wait for the next connection. A search engine handles most of the details of the document accessed and displayed. Consequently, a search engine contains 5 several large software components that work together to provide the illusion of an aerodynamic service. The conceptual organization of the Web browser 84 of the prior technology is illustrated in Figure 6. The trajectories of the customer data to the interpreters are not displayed. Conceptually, the web search engine 84 is comprised of a set of clients, a set of interpreters and a controller that manages them. A The controller 88 forms the centerpiece of the web browser 84. It interprets the inputs of the remote control 18, and calls other components to perform the operations specified by the user. For example, when a URL is entered by the separator 78 of the resource access information within the network, the controller 88 calls the client to bring the requested document from the remote server in which it resides; and an interpreter to display the document for the user. 25 Each web browser 84 must contain a 51 HTML 90 interpreter to display documents. Other interpreters are optional. The entry to the HTML 90 interpreter consists of a document that makes up the HTML syntax. The output of the HTML interpreter 90 5 consists of a formatted version of the document in the color cathodic ray tube or the user screen 82. The HTML 90 interpreter handles the layout details by translating the HTML specifications into commands that are correct 10 for the user screen 82. For example, if it finds a header tag in the document, the HTML interpreter 90 resizes the text used to display the header. Similarly, if it finds a break tag, 15 the HTML 90 interpreter initiates a new exit line. A more complete discussion of the Internet and computer network theory is provided in the following references incorporated here by reference: 1. D. Eating, The Internet (1995) 2. D. Eating, Computer Networks and Internets (1997) Figure 7 illustrates a high level block diagram showing the described embodiment 52 ^ JMMfc ^^ r, gggg jH sr? ^^ t ^^^^^ a ^ ttia above where the web ready television 14 or an equivalent system capable of receiving audio / video signals and accessing resources within the network such as the Internet receives a 5 audio / video signal via wired 98 or wireless 100 elements from the audio and video signal provider 94. The television 14 then extracts and uses the access information provided in the transmission medium for have access to a resource within the network via cable, modem or wireless or alternative elements well known in the technology. This embodiment can be implemented using a personal computer 96 capable of receiving the audio / video signal and accessing resources within the network such as the Internet. The personal computer 96 extracts the access information from the transmission medium and uses it to access a resource within the network via cable, modem, wireless or alternative elements well known in the technology. The requested resource is then provided to personal computer 96 or television 14 via wired 101 or wireless 103 elements. A commercially viable application of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 7 is 53 S # é ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ r ^ i ^ & ^ a ^ performed inside a car equipped with a radio receiver, a screen and a computer capable of accessing the Internet through wireless elements well known in the technology. The access information that links the user to specific sites on the Internet is transmitted with the audio signal or via a dedicated data channel and is received by the radio. An implementation for the transmission of the Auxiliary information for car radios is found in the Radio Data System (RDS) available in the Volvo C70 audio system, whose technical specifications and description are incorporated by reference. The radio stations transmit a separate band of information that, with the RDS system, can be adapted using the concepts set forth in the present invention to allow the user to access sites on the Internet. When the signal is received, the computer uses links or URLs within the transmitted access information that is then displayed to the user, either automatically or in response to the intervention and / or selection of the user as a type of screen saver of the display or of the elements well-known alternatives in technology. A 54 subgame or other modification of the Windows® 95 operating system such as Window CE®, currently used in personal computers palmtop, can be used to control the operation 5 of the computer in the car, thus reducing the hardware size and the requirements of that computer. Thus, while the radio, the user and / or passenger in the car listening can see 10 a number of sites of interest such as are: 1. Location, representative prices, times and locations of points of interest including restaurants , historical sites, gas stations, rest stops, airports, truck terminals, reservations for accommodation, etc .; 2. advertisements for stores, shopping malls, eating establishments, concerts, etc. (that is, "Pi zarrones Virtual is"); 3. road maps; 4. traffic conditions and alternative routes displayed on maps; and 25 5. weather conditions and routes of 55 fe ^^^^ Ha¿ ^^^^^^^^ & CT ^ emergency by snow displayed on maps. .de choosing sites can be linked to the content of the audio fSñal that the user is currently tuned, such as displaying weather maps while listening io is usua weather conditions on a news channel. The choice of the sites may alternatively bind to the range or area of diffusion of the audio signal instead or additionally to the content of the audio signal, such as to provide a site that lists the locations and grades restaurants within range of broadcasting the audio signal. The access information can be transmitted with an audio signal or as a dedicated signal, which carries access information exclusively. Figure 8 illustrates further embodiments of the present invention where the audio / video signal is provided in a digital format through a resource within the network or an audio / video content provider. The audio / video content provider is comprised, for example, of a file server interspersing links such as URLs within a digital data stream of a continuous recording and reading media. The web browser within the personal computer 96 or the television 14 then uses the interleaved links to have subsequent access to sites related or unrelated to the content of the audio / video signal. The user selects a requested resource from the interleaved links and the requested resource is transmitted to the personal computer 96 or to the television 14 through wire elements 102 or wireless 103. In these embodiments, television and / or personal computer needs to be able to access the resource within the network as the information or the audio / video and access information flow to and from the resources within the network without the need for a different audio / video signal provider. The technologies available on the Internet, such as the continuous recording and reading media, are comprised of recording and reading audio and / or video recording and reading, represent potential implementations for the audio / video signal of these embodiments. Advances in recording technology and continuous audio reading as the file of sound is delivered to the personal computer. The 57 ?. I ^ A, audio recording and continuous reading differs from the audio files loaded by teleproceso that you can start listening and working on the file before it is fully charged for 5 teleproceso to the personal computer. A description of the continuous audio recording and reading technology can be found in C. Shipley and M. Fish, How the World Wide Web Works (1996), which is incorporated herein by reference. 10 2. M.K. Simon, J.K. Omura, R.A. Scholtz, and B.K. Levitt, Broad Spectrum Communications Manual (1994) 58 -am * ~ * ..A »^ ^ aft * ^» ^, .y ^^.,. ^ ...... ^^^^^^^^

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1. CLAIMS 1. A method for providing a link between an information signal and resources within the network comprising the steps of: 5 intercalating the access information in a transmission medium, this access information is adapted to provide access to the content of a resource within the network relevant to the content of that information signal; 10 transmit the information signal and access information; receive the information signal and the access information to a user terminal; extract the access information from the transmission medium; use the access information to access the resource within the network with an access signal; Y displaying the content of the resource within the network in the user's terminal corresponding to this access information; and 2. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for 25 intercalate the access information in addition to 59 ^^^^^^^ s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ it comprises step for interleaving access this information within a vertical interval signal vacuo of information. 3. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for interleaving this access information further comprises the steps of interleaving the access information within an empty interval horizontal of the 10 information signal. . The method for providing a link between an information signal and resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for interleaving the information access plus 15 comprises the step of interleaving the access information within the width of the band not used by this information signal. 5. The method to provide a link between an information signal and the resources within the 20 network of Claim 1, wherein the step for sandwiching the access information further comprises the step of inserting the access information in a sideband of the information signal. 6. The method to provide a link between 25 an information signal and resources within the 60"- > * ~ ** * J> ** ^ - ~~~ < g ^ B¿ ___ teia ________» __ d _ ^^ network of Claim 1, where the step to interleave the access information further comprises the step of interleaving the access information within a header for an Internet message packet 7. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, where it happened to intersperse the Access information also comprises 10 the step of interleaving the access information within a subcarrier in the transmission medium. 8. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, where the step for 15 interleave access information further comprises the step of hiding access information with the information signal, the transmitting step further comprises the step of transmitting the information signal and the access information using 20 transmission techniques broad spectrum, and the receiving step further comprises the step of receiving the information signal and the access information using techniques reception spectrum. 9. The method to provide a link between 25 an information signal and the resources within the 61 ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^ gßÉM = | ¡j ^^^ »^^ | ^^^^ _ ^ network of Claim 1, wherein the step for interleaving the access information further comprises the steps of interleaving the access information within a channel comprising the access information corresponding to the plurality of the information signals , and extract the access information from the channel corresponding to the information signal that is currently received. 10. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1In addition, the synchronization of the access information to a predetermined portion of the information signal is understood. 11. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the information signal also comprises the video content. 12. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the information signal further comprises an audio content. 13. The method to provide a link between an information signal and the resources within the 62 . fSsaSil? a ^ É ^ aa == network of Claim 1, where the step to display the content of the resource within the network also comprises the step of displaying and transmitting the resource within the network in "image in image" 5 (picture in picture) (PIP) in the user's terminal. 14. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, further comprises the 10 steps of compressing the access information before linking the access information in the transmission medium, and decompressing the access information through the user's terminal. 15. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, further comprising the steps of encoding the access information before linking the access information in the transmission medium, and decode the access information through the user's terminal. 25 16. The method to provide a link between 63 an information signal and resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step to use the access information further comprises the step of interleaving the user information within the access signal. 17. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 16, further comprises the step of compressing the user information before interleaving the access information within the access signal. 18. The method for providing a link between the information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 16, further comprising step 15 for putting the user's information into cable before interleaving the access information within the signal of access. 19. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, further comprises the step of interspersing the access information to the resources within the additional network in the content of the resource within of the network. 20. The method to provide a link between the information signal and the resources within the 64 am ^ ~ ±? ** -,, J_ ^ _ »_ * __ .. - - > It also comprises the step of coding the access information to additional resources within the network before interleaving. the access information to the resources within the network additional in the content of the resource within the network. 21. The method for providing a link between the information signal of the resources within the network of Claim 1, further comprises the step of compressing the access information to the resources within the additional network before interleaving the access information to additional resources within the network in the content of that resource within the network. 22. The method for providing a link between the information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, further comprises the steps of: assigning a corresponding index to each of the pluralities of the resources within the network; select one of the indexes corresponding to the plurality of resources within the network; and use the index to determine which of the pluralities of resources within the network will be accessed. 23. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 22, further comprises the step of providing a summarized content of that index, where the summarized content is representative of the content of the resource within the corresponding network. 24. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step of interleaving the access information further comprises the step of interleaving a link of the resource within the network in the transmission medium. 25. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for interleaving the access information further comprises the step of interleaving a URL in the transmission medium. 26. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1 further comprises the step of registering the user information and the optional temporary information through the resource within the network. 27. The method for providing a link between the resource information signal within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for displaying the content further comprises the step of 5 Automatically display the content without user intervention. 28. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step for 10 displaying the content further comprises the passage of the step of selectively displaying the content in response to the user's intervention. 29. The method to provide a link between an information signal and the resources within the 15 network of Claim 1, where the user's terminal is a personal computer. 30. The method for providing a link between the information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 29, where the computer 20 staff is adapted for the reception of television signals. 31. The method for providing a link between the information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 29, where the computer 25 staff is adapted to receive signals 67 ^? ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 32. The method for. froveer a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1 where the user's terminal is a television. 33. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 22, where the television is adapted to access the Internet. 34. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 32, wherein the television is adapted for the reception of radio signals. 35. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the user's terminal is a portable personal computer adapted to have wireless access to resources within the network. 36. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the transmission medium is a free space. 37. The method to provide a link between an information signal and the resources within the 68 ^ ^ -na *** ^ ..- ^ ". The network of Claim 1, where the means of transmission is the Internet. 38. The method for providing a link between the information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step of interleaving the access information further comprises the step of using the user information to determine access to the content of the resource within the network. 39. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step to use the access information further comprises the step of transmitting the user's information to this resource within the net. 40. The method for providing a link between an information signal and the resources within the network of Claim 1, wherein the step to display the indicia indicating the availability of the link with the content of the resources within the network and the link to the content of the resource within the network and display the resource within the network transmitted to the user in response to the selection of that indication.