CN1393099A - TV attraction unit - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method and system of selectively filtering content for display includes initiating at least one TV magnet corresponding to a category of content, attracting, repelling, or attracting and repelling content based on the TV magnet, and selectively displaying the filtered according to the attractings repelling or attracting and repelling step. The term ''content'' relates to any type of programming or information that can be broadcast, stored by a user, or otherwise transmitted to a user.
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The related application reference
The application is a non-provisional application, its female application is U.S. Provisional Application " TV attraction unit (TV MAGNETS) " (United States Patent (USP) sequence number 60/221,398), this application was submitted on July 28th, 2000, the invention people is George Marmaropoulos, Clive Van Heerden and John Zimmerman; The application is comprehensively with reference to this application.Background of invention
The user of relate generally to television-viewing process of the present invention customization (customization) the model row that interact.
By digitized content is provided, Digital Television and digital information have changed and will continue to change the home entertaining mode.The quantity of the television channel that can provide and the kind of programme content will become so many, so that any beholder can not browse with traditional channel surfing (channel surfing) method.United States Patent (USP) 4 as institute of the present invention reference, 706,121 and 5,353, this class device of electronic program guides described in No. 121 (EPG), such listing information processing system is provided, and they can be the TV viewer provides a kind of selection that provides based on the beholder according to the convenient manner of selecting program.But, even this class EPG device, although the current developmental research achievement that many this respects are arranged still is not enough to reach the technical merit that can realize personalisation process to the unusual abundant information that will become soon.
Various devices and system, for example personal TV register and agent skill group (personal TVrecorders and agent technologies) just provide personalization to a certain degree.These systems go up operation with the device that EPG and user select at metadata layer (meta-data level).This class device has the hard disk that can deposit the some hrs video content usually, conveniently to watch the program of liking.But, more and more need now like this some as new equipments of model row, they can allow the user search for intuitively and find and want the content of watching.
Summary of the invention
According to a kind of form of the present invention, the method that a kind of content of filtrating program selectively shows comprises the step that starts at least one TV attraction unit (TV magnet) according to program category.This method also comprises such step: attract, repel or attraction and repulsion programme content based on this TV attraction unit, and show selectively by the content that attracts, repels or attract and this step of repulsion is filtered.
" content " speech relate to can be broadcasted, by user storage or send the program or the information of user's any kind to by other modes.
In several embodiments of the present invention, attraction, repulsion or attraction and this step of repulsion have stoped the demonstration of the content of being ostracised at least in part by the such means of content of filtering, searching for and the permission demonstration being attracted.Information filtering based on be that the pixel color analysis in being sampled frame, dialogue analysis, target identification technology, content ratings instructs or the explanatory note of program.
In other embodiments, described setting up procedure also comprises to the total content type of some TV attraction units appointments as " famous person's interview ".Total content type is the classification that can search, and content can begin to filter from this classification in attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step, and is shown in step display.
In other embodiments, described setting up procedure also comprises to TV attraction unit and assigns operation the content (as " special interview with famous person ") of at least one particular type.The content of this particular type comprises the specific project that searches in the total classification of content; Content can begin to filter from this project in attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step, and is shown in step display.
In other embodiments, described setting up procedure comprises that also generating at least one represents the TV attraction unit icon of a certain content type.The content type of TV attraction unit icon and representative thereof can be generated automatically by system, is provided by broadcasting organization, from the Internet download, is created by the user, or obtains by exchange between the network user.The user also can change the title and the shape of TV attraction unit icon, perhaps also can change the content of TV attraction unit icon representative.
In other embodiments, the user can adjust the intensity of TV attraction unit, to attract or to repel content stronger or more weakly.This can realize by regulating volume indicator, and this indicating device guides content search and display unit to strengthen the searching and the demonstration of content that user's selection is attracted, and weakens the effect of filter.The user also can adjust the repulsion intensity of TV attraction unit by regulating volume indicator.Guide this volume indicator a content search and display unit weaken the searching and the demonstration of the content that user's selection is filtered, and strengthen the effect of filter.
In another embodiment, in one or more columns (genre) of user on user interface at least one TV attraction unit icon is set.In setting up procedure, attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step are filtered content selectively according to this at least one TV attraction unit of described at least one TV attraction unit icon representative.
In other embodiments, attract, repel or attract and repel step and during a default time period, carry out.The content that TV attraction unit was collected during this default time period is correspondingly shown.Attract, repel or attract and repel step and also can carry out continuously according to the occasion that attracts, repels or attract and repel step to be shown continuously at institute's filtering content, meanwhile the user watches shown content.
In another form of the present invention, comprise a system of selectively content being filtered.This system comprises a display unit in order to displaying contents (content in a certain at least source), and a microprocessor.This system also comprises: according to the content filter that at least one TV attraction unit is filtered content selectively, and storage medium, and in order to start, to edit and select the device of at least one TV attraction unit.
In several embodiment, described display unit can be television set or display, and described content can be a tv programme source, and content derives from TV programme at least.Tv programme source can be satellite TV's program source, terrestrial television programming source or other television program sources.
Described microprocessor is based on TV attraction unit control content filter.Described content filter receives the content from least one content source, and the information filtering that TV attraction unit repels is fallen, and the content that allows TV attraction unit attract is passed through.Described microprocessor can receive the content from least one content source, and allows content filter based on TV attraction unit content be filtered.And described microprocessor can guide content filter to filter the content of being stored in the storage medium based on TV attraction unit.At least one TV attraction unit be proposed or be produced to described microprocessor also can automatically based on the custom of watching of individual subscriber.
In another form of the present invention, leave block on the processor readable medium, that have selection to filter to displaying contents in and comprise several portions.Wherein, a part starts at least one TV attraction unit, and a part attracts, repels or attract and the repulsion content based on this TV attraction unit.And, also have a part to show filtered content according to attracting, repel or attract and repelling step.
The present invention can bring multinomial benefit (following listed only for the purpose that illustrates).For example, system and method for the present invention can filter content based on indivedual inputs of user, so that generally transparency can be arranged be attracted with specific content and repel.Along with the continuous growth of the quantity of television channel and information, this will make, and TV is easier to be watched and more personalized.And, can and be organized simply and be watched abundant information fast, and be need not to carry out excessive scanning.Below, with reference to embodiment the above-mentioned many benefits with other are set forth.
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Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic sketch about the most preferred embodiment of the user interface that has TV attraction unit;
Fig. 2 is the diagrammatic sketch of the most preferred embodiment of the user interface of operating thereon about TV attraction unit;
Fig. 2 is about allowing the user browse the diagrammatic sketch of most preferred embodiment of the user interface of the content that TV attraction unit collects;
Fig. 4 is the diagrammatic sketch about the most preferred embodiment of the screen display of subsidiary attraction unit;
Fig. 5 closes the diagrammatic sketch of embodiment that can show thereon and utilize the system of the user interface that has TV attraction unit;
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of block that is used for filtering selectively displaying contents that deposits a processor readable medium in.
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The method and system that the present invention proposes provides the ability of selection virtual target (virtual objects) to the TV viewer, has the characteristic that attracts or repel certain class content (as TV programme) hereinafter referred to as this virtual target of " TV attraction unit ".
Fig. 1 shows the most preferred embodiment of the user interface of utilizing the TV attraction unit chosen content of the present invention's proposition.The user begins to select by menu 61 on user interface 102.Here, the user can open a new attraction unit, downloads attraction unit, takes out the attraction unit of advising from memory, perhaps opens individual's attraction unit file.Among Fig. 1, the user selects George's attraction unit (George ' s magnets).This explanation TV attraction unit 13,14,15,16,17 is set and in addition personalized by a George's by name user.This user makes one's options from TV attraction unit 13,14,15,16,17 by traditional input equipments such as remote controller or keyboard cursor 20 that moves up and down then.Each TV attraction unit is represented a different content type.For example, TV attraction unit 15 is " incident attraction units ", and as traditional attraction unit, this attraction unit attracts or repels general and specific for the relevant content of incident.
When TV attraction unit 15 is selected, just occurs one on the user interface 102 and represent image 150 this attraction unit, static or mobile, that amplify or done other modifications.Some text messages such as the content type of TV attraction unit 15 representatives or the specifying information that TV attraction unit 15 attracted or repelled also can be comprised by 150 in the image that amplifies or done other modifications.
The icon of TV attraction unit 13,14,15,16,17 and the content type of their representatives can be generated automatically by system, are provided by broadcasting organization, download from the Internet, are created by the user, perhaps obtain by exchange between the network user.The user also can revise and import optionally or the content of operation by selecting every their desired various characteristics, with operation and/or change the title (as be referred to as " incident attraction unit ") of attraction unit, the shape (as adopting horseshoe magnet shape) of attraction unit or the content (as content provided is " incident ") of its representative.The user also can revise specific attraction and repel content.In order to revise specific attraction and to repel content, the user can be after having selected desired attraction unit, key in oneself word or (for example) by select the word of preliminary election for use with the remote controller highlight.In Fig. 1, the user select to attract air crash and earthquake (such as each word other+number institute's sign) and repel advertisement and weather (such as by each word-number sign).
The user can further adjust the intensity of TV attraction unit, to attract or to repel certain content stronger or more weakly.Just can realize this adjustment with intensity index 60.Among Fig. 1, the user is provided with sucting strength by with traditional input equipment manipulation strength index 60 in positive direction.This means that TV attraction unit is with the certain content (being air crash and earthquake) that instruction content is searched for the display unit reinforcement is sought and the explicit user selection attracts.This realizes by the influence that weakens filter.The user can also be provided with repulsion intensity in negative direction by with traditional input equipment manipulation strength index 60.This means that TV attraction unit is searched for instruction content and display unit weakens the also certain content (being advertisement and weather) of filter user selection repulsion of searching.The intensity adjustment has also reflected the balance between the certain content that attracts and repel.
The degree that becomes more meticulous (for example, the repulsion of full strength just means that the user not wants to consider indicated content) of filtering has been indicated in above-mentioned intensity adjustment.One more specifically example be to show to have some known methods available by Pornograph if the user wishes total ban.A kind of method is that the frame of displaying contents is sampled, and uses each color of pixel in the frame analytical sampling frame of being sampled to determine displayed content.For example, if certain sample frame of displaying contents contains the pixel of the skin tone more than 40%, contain exposed scene just can determine this content.Increase to maximum (promptly be reluctant fully to watch pornographic scene) if the user will repel intensity, filter just will forbid showing the content of sample frame of the lowest percentage (promptly greater than 5%) of the overall tone that contains relative skin look.Reduce repelling intensity will make the content of the sample frame that contains big lowest percentage (promptly 30%) be filtered.
Also have the other method, can be used for filtering and adjusting attracting and the intensity of repelling.For example, also can adopt the methods such as written explanation of dialogue analysis, target identification technology, content ratings guiding and program.
In case the user starts TV attraction unit (for example by they are selected, download or programme), TV attraction unit can be used in every way.Fig. 2 shows a kind of mode that TV attraction unit acts on program and content choice.The user interface that Fig. 2 provides has shown a space that is divided into column 21,22,23,24,25,26,27.District (comingregion) 200 provides and wants content displayed in the future in the future.Memory block 202 is represented that those have been broadcast and is prepared against the content of watching in the future by the user with set-top box or the storage of other guide storage/replay device record.User's available menu 205 at any time a column future the district or the memory block in be provided with, move, delete or edit one or more attraction units.Column menu 205 can carry out selection operation with remote controller etc.For example among Fig. 2, the user is placed on TV attraction unit 15 and 16 in " news " column 22 of distinguishing in the future in 200.TV attraction unit 15 relates to some incident, and TV attraction unit 16 relates to some famous person.This is by tabulation 204 indications, and this tabulation has shown the classification of its content and the sampling of the certain content that institute attracts or repels easily.Therefore, be included into news category 22 future content with screened with filter, attract and the certain content that repels TV attraction unit 15 (incident) and 16 (famous persons).
The content that the incident TV attraction unit 15 that the user interface that Fig. 3 shows can allow the user browse was collected in one day.It is the zone on boundary that content images 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 is positioned at parantheses 300,301, and display space is not enough as the content collected is many, can carry out the roll display of content with them.The content that on behalf of TV attraction unit 15, content images 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 collected based on the certain content of the attraction of user's layout and repulsion (for example by attracting menu 38) in one day.Content images 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 can be generated automatically by user interface system, or is provided by broadcasting organization, and its purpose is the identification after convenient the reproduction.Content images 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37 can be representational static or dynamic image.Also can comprise some text messages at this in the static or dynamic image.Occasion at reflection live content (being current in progress content) can show the live video image in the content images 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37.
When the user uses (for example) remote controller to select a content images with cursor 20, in zone 351 enlarged image appears just.Among Fig. 3, what the user selected is content images 35.Content images 350 through amplifying appears in the zone 351.This enlarged image can be dynamic, also can be static.The content images 350 of amplifying can also comprise the text messages such as channel about the displaying contents place.When the user selects the content images 350 of amplifying or any other content images, the full content of this image representative or only be that desired part can be called and be displayed in full screen.
The application of another TV attraction unit relates to subsidiary one or more TV attraction units when watching live telecast or picture recording content.For example when user selected channel, additional attraction unit can have the effect of repelling pornographic and violent content, just allows the content that does not contain this class scene be shown (intensity that this depends on attraction unit discussed above).Another effect of attraction unit is to avoid or to delete specific scene from the content that contains (for example) pornographic or violence when the user watches.In addition, according to the attraction content of TV attraction unit, have only desired certain content to be shown during user selected channel.In this uses, can with a kind of intuition, transparent way carries out the selection of the content of being wanted expediently.Fig. 4 has provided the screen display 41 of the additional attraction unit 40 of an example band.Show on the screen that attraction unit 40 shows, this attraction unit is operated upon by content and the program selection that the user is watching when the user selects various channel.
Fig. 5 shows a system that can show and utilize TV attraction unit.But display screen 101 explicit user interfaces 102.TV attraction unit can be selected, editor, or carry out other operations with cursor 20.Traditional input equipment or other any general input equipments known in the art such as 50 that use a teleswitch can allow cursor 20 move up and down.
In case the user has selected a TV attraction unit and entered it to attract and the particular content that repels and the intensity of attraction and repulsion, microprocessor 53 is based on this information Control content filter 51.For live content, content filter 51 receives the content from channel selector/receiver 54, and the content of being repelled based on the selected TV attraction unit of information filtering of user's input.Microprocessor 53 is control content filter 51 also, and the content that the user will be attracted is passed through with less filtration.For content in the future, the information that microprocessor 53 receives from channel selector/receiver 54 about the content in future, and startup content filter 51 allows it filter (promptly carrying out information filtering before watching) in advance based on the TV attraction unit that has started.At last, for the content of storage, microprocessor 53 is gone back instruction content filter 51 and based on the TV attraction unit that has been activated the content of being deposited in the storage medium 52 is filtered.Microprocessor also can watch custom to propose or generate automatically attraction unit according to user's individual.
More widely, TV attraction unit also can relate to the Streaming Media of form of ownership, for example radio broadcasting and present (streaming feeds) from the stream of the Internet.For example, the user can start the TV attraction unit on a radio device (as the digital cablecast feeder) user interface.Then, this TV attraction unit will attract and repel broadcasted content based at least one TV attraction unit.
The block diagram of Fig. 6 has been described a block of depositing on the processor readable medium and how have been filtered displaying contents selectively.In step 600, this block shows existing TV attraction unit on display screen 101.Then in step 601, whether the desired TV attraction unit of this program inquiry user is shown.If be "No", this program-guide microprocessor 53 generates desired TV attraction unit in step 602.In case after generating, this program-guide storage medium 52 is deposited the TV attraction unit that is generated in step 603.Then, this program-guide microprocessor 53 shows desired TV attraction unit on user interface 102 in step 604.
In case in face of the user is presented at their desired TV attraction unit, just check the attraction/repulsion/filtration set point of TV attraction unit whether can accept in program described in the step 605.If the user finds that this set point is unacceptable, just import adjustment attraction/repulsion/filtration set point according to the user in program described in the step 606.When these set points are considered to accept, just indicate microprocessor 53 to allow content filter 51 based on TV attraction unit attraction/repulsion content in program described in the step 607.In step 608, described program indication microprocessor 53 shows the content by content filter 51 on display screen 101.
Above-mentioned explanation and example are exemplary, and the scope to following claims that provide does not constitute qualification.
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1. a method of filtering displaying contents selectively comprises the steps:
Start at least one TV attraction unit corresponding with a certain content type;
Attract, repel or attract and the repulsion content based on described at least one TV attraction unit; And
Show filtered content according to described attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: described attraction, repulsion or attract with repel step also comprise by content that filtration is repelled prevent from least in part to repel content be shown and search for and allow to show attract the process of content.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described filtration also comprises based on being sampled the lard speech with literary allusions filter process of word, MPEG7, audio analysis etc. of pixel color analysis in the frame, dialogue analysis, target identification technology, content ratings guidance, the explanatory note of program, closed caption, voice.
4. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: described setting up procedure also comprises the process of assigning a total content type to described at least one TV attraction unit.
5. method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: but described total content type comprises a search content classification, and described content can or attract and repel in the step to filter out from this classification in described attraction, repulsion, and shows in described step display.
6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that: described setting up procedure also comprises the process of assigning at least one certain types of content to described at least one TV attraction unit.
7. method as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that: described certain types of content comprises the specific project searched in described total content type, and described content can or attract and repel in the step to filter out from this project in described attraction, repulsion, and shows in described step display.
8. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: described setting up procedure also comprises the process of at least one the TV attraction unit icon that generates a certain content type of representative.
9. method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: the described content type of described at least one TV attraction unit icon and its representative can generate automatically by system, by broadcasting organization provide, from the Internet download, create or via exchanging acquisition with other users on the network by the user.
10. method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: the user can change the shape of the title of described at least one TV attraction unit icon, described at least one TV attraction unit icon or the content of described at least one TV attraction unit icon representative.
11. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: the user can adjust the intensity of described at least one TV attraction unit, to attract or to repel content stronger or more weakly.
12. method as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: described user can adjust the sucting strength of described at least one TV attraction unit by regulating volume indicator, this volume indicator instruction content search and display device are strengthened searching and the demonstration to the content of selecting to attract, and reduce the influence of filter.
13. method as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: described user can adjust the repulsion intensity of a TV attraction unit by regulating volume indicator, this volume indicator instruction content search and display device weaken searching and the demonstration to the content of selecting to filter, and the influence that increases filter.
14. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: described setting up procedure also comprises at least one TV attraction unit icon is arranged in one or more columns on the user interface, and described attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step are filtered the information in described one or more columns selectively according to described at least one TV attraction unit of described at least one TV attraction unit icon representative.
15. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: described attraction, repulsion or attract and repel step and carry out during default at one, and described step display also comprise show described at least one TV attraction unit described default during the process of all information of collection.
16. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: described attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step are carried out continuously, and described step display the user watch be shown content in, according to described " attract, repel or attract and repulsion " step shows filtered content continuously.
17. the system of filtering content selectively comprises:
Display unit in order to displaying contents;
At least one content source;
Microprocessor;
In order to according at least one TV attraction unit content filter of filtering content selectively;
Storage medium; And
In order to start, to edit and select the device of described at least one TV attraction unit.
18. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described display unit comprises television set or display.
19. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described content also comprises at least a tv programme source or Streaming Media source.
20. system as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that: described at least a tv programme source is satellite TV's program source, terrestrial television programming source or broadcast source.
21. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described microprocessor is controlled described content filter based on described at least one TV attraction unit.
22. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described content filter is from least one content source received content, and filters the content that described at least one TV attraction unit repels, and the content that allows described at least one TV attraction unit attract is passed through.
23. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described microprocessor is from described at least one content source received content, and starts described content filter and filter described content based on described at least one TV attraction unit.
24. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described microprocessor indicates described content filter to filter memory contents in the described storage medium based on described at least one TV attraction unit.
25. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described microprocessor is watched the custom suggestion or is created at least one TV attraction unit automatically according to user's individual.
26. system as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described in order to start, to edit and to select the device of described at least one TV attraction unit to comprise remote controller, keyboard, Genius mouse or touch-screen.
27. one be stored in processor readable medium, in order to filter the block of displaying contents selectively, comprising:
Part in order to the TV attraction unit that starts at least one corresponding a certain content type;
In order to attract, to repel or attract and repel the part of content based on described at least one TV attraction unit; And
In order to show the part of content after filtration according to described attraction, repulsion or attraction and repulsion step.
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