AU1969301A - Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and d ata received through a digital receiver - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and d ata received through a digital receiver

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Publication number
AU1969301A
AU1969301A AU19693/01A AU1969301A AU1969301A AU 1969301 A AU1969301 A AU 1969301A AU 19693/01 A AU19693/01 A AU 19693/01A AU 1969301 A AU1969301 A AU 1969301A AU 1969301 A AU1969301 A AU 1969301A
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AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
retrieving
digital receiver
utilizing software
ata
received
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.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU19693/01A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Tom Lee Sorensen
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.)
Zenith Electronics LLC
Original Assignee
Zenith Electronics LLC
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US09/439,516 external-priority patent/US6628729B1/en
Application filed by Zenith Electronics LLC filed Critical Zenith Electronics LLC
Publication of AU1969301A publication Critical patent/AU1969301A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only
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    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
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    • H04N21/235—Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
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    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/418—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
    • H04N21/4184—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4331—Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
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    • 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
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
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    • 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
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4784—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application receiving rewards
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    • 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
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/8166—Monomedia components thereof involving executable data, e.g. software
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    • 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
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
AU19693/01A 1999-11-12 2000-10-18 Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and d ata received through a digital receiver Abandoned AU1969301A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/439,516 US6628729B1 (en) 1999-11-12 1999-11-12 Apparatus and method for downloading and storing data from a digital receiver
US09439516 1999-11-12
US52750300A 2000-03-16 2000-03-16
US09527503 2000-03-16
PCT/US2000/041255 WO2001035642A1 (en) 1999-11-12 2000-10-18 Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and d ata received through a digital receiver

Publications (1)

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AU1969301A true AU1969301A (en) 2001-06-06

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KR (1) KR100711750B1 (pt)
AR (1) AR033502A1 (pt)
AU (1) AU1969301A (pt)
BR (1) BR0015498A (pt)
CA (1) CA2390237A1 (pt)
TW (1) TW515201B (pt)
WO (1) WO2001035642A1 (pt)

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CA2481000A1 (en) * 2002-04-04 2003-10-16 General Instrument Corporation Method and apparatus for displaying graphics on an auxiliary display device using low level graphics drivers

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AR033502A1 (es) 2003-12-26
KR20020059715A (ko) 2002-07-13
CA2390237A1 (en) 2001-05-17
KR100711750B1 (ko) 2007-05-02
WO2001035642A1 (en) 2001-05-17
TW515201B (en) 2002-12-21
BR0015498A (pt) 2002-07-23

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