DISTRIBUTION OF INTERACTIVE INFORMATION CONTENT WITHIN A PLURALITY OF DISPARATE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

摘要

An interactive information platform and method for distribution of interactive information content is shared by a plurality of disparate distribution networks. The interactive information platform includes a plurality of assignable sessions processors that render and encode the information content into a format capable of being decoded by a digital decoder associated with a television on any of the disparate distribution networks. The interactive information platform also includes an operation manager that receives requests for interactive television content from one or more digital decoders in one of a plurality of disparate distribution networks such as a cable television network, a telephone network, or a wireless network. The operation manager establishes an interactive session with the requesting digital decoder and assigns one of the sessions processors to the interactive session.