Method and system for emulating and HTTP server through a broadcast carousel

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Interactive Television Architecture Interactive television provides a way to transmit interactive content to a television.
Interactive television systems can provide text, audio, video, hypertext transfer protocol ("HTTP") resources, or other content to a television, and they can also receive input from a television user.
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1 depicts an exemplary architecture for an interactive television system 62.
A broadcast server 50 sends information along a broadcast path 52 to an interactive television receiver 54.
The broadcast server 50 may be any computer or other type of server capable of sending information along a data link.
The broadcast server 50 preferably contains a processor and memory.
The processor executes programs, which may be stored in memory.
Additionally, the memory contains content to be broadcast along the broadcast path 52 to the interactive television receiver 54.
The broadcast path 52 can be any type of data link and can carry data in a variety of different formats.
In a preferred embodiment, the broadcast path 52 is a cable television transmission path used to transmit cable television signals from a cable television provider to a television 56.
The data transmitted along the broadcast path 52 may use the same signaling protocols that are used for transmission of cable television signals along the path.
In another embodiment, the broadcast path 52 comprises a wireless direct satellite transmission system.
A signal is sent wirelessly by a satellite to a satellite dish, or other receiver, linked to the television 56.
Once received by the satellite dish, the signal may travel through a data link to the television 56 or to the interactive television receiver 54.
In yet another embodiment, the broadcast path 52 may be part of a wireless telecommunications network.
For example, one or more terrestrial antennas may be used to send signals over the broadcast path to the television.
Of course, it may also be possible to use combinations of wireless and wired transmission methods for sending data on the broadcast path 52