EP1302065A4 - System and method for dynamically inserting interactive content into a tv signal based on program content - Google Patents

System and method for dynamically inserting interactive content into a tv signal based on program content

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Publication number
EP1302065A4
EP1302065A4 EP01952482A EP01952482A EP1302065A4 EP 1302065 A4 EP1302065 A4 EP 1302065A4 EP 01952482 A EP01952482 A EP 01952482A EP 01952482 A EP01952482 A EP 01952482A EP 1302065 A4 EP1302065 A4 EP 1302065A4
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EP
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Prior art keywords
content
signal based
dynamically inserting
program content
inserting interactive
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Ceased
Application number
EP01952482A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1302065A2 (en
Inventor
Samuel T Barone Jr
Drake Smith
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Ericsson Television Inc
Original Assignee
GoldPocket Interactive Inc
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Publication of EP1302065A2 publication Critical patent/EP1302065A2/en
Publication of EP1302065A4 publication Critical patent/EP1302065A4/en
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/233—Processing of audio elementary streams
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/235—Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/488—Data services, e.g. news ticker
    • H04N21/4884—Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying subtitles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • H04N21/8586—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot by using a URL
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital
EP01952482A 2000-07-12 2001-07-06 System and method for dynamically inserting interactive content into a tv signal based on program content Ceased EP1302065A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US614366 1990-11-15
US61436600A 2000-07-12 2000-07-12
PCT/US2001/021411 WO2002005542A2 (en) 2000-07-12 2001-07-06 System and method for dynamically inserting interactive content into a tv signal based on program content

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EP1302065A2 EP1302065A2 (en) 2003-04-16
EP1302065A4 true EP1302065A4 (en) 2008-10-01

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AU (1) AU2001273226A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002005542A2 (en)

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WO1998053611A1 (en) * 1997-05-21 1998-11-26 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Transmission and reception of television programs
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