AU2001291974A1 - Interactive television method and device - Google Patents

Interactive television method and device

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Publication number
AU2001291974A1
AU2001291974A1 AU2001291974A AU9197401A AU2001291974A1 AU 2001291974 A1 AU2001291974 A1 AU 2001291974A1 AU 2001291974 A AU2001291974 A AU 2001291974A AU 9197401 A AU9197401 A AU 9197401A AU 2001291974 A1 AU2001291974 A1 AU 2001291974A1
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Australia
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interactive television
decoder
video sequences
selection
masking
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AU2001291974A
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Eric Amsellem
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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]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • 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
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • H04N21/4302—Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
    • H04N21/4307—Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen
    • H04N21/43074—Synchronising the rendering of multiple content streams or additional data on devices, e.g. synchronisation of audio on a mobile phone with the video output on the TV screen of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • 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
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4781—Games
    • 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
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/8166—Monomedia components thereof involving executable data, e.g. software
    • H04N21/8173—End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/445—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for displaying additional information
    • H04N5/44504—Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits
    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/40—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of platform network
    • A63F2300/409—Data transfer via television network

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Graphics (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Selective Calling Equipment (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for producing an interactive television broadcast. The viewer is provided with a decoder wherein is stored a programme or interactive application for masking certain video sequences (43, 44, 45) received via satellite, with OSD masking images (46) generated by the decoder. The selection of video sequences to be masked is carried out on the basis of signals derived from a remote control unit in response to a prior selection (42) of the user.
AU2001291974A 2000-09-22 2001-09-21 Interactive television method and device Abandoned AU2001291974A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0012125 2000-09-22
FR0012125A FR2814630B1 (en) 2000-09-22 2000-09-22 INTERACTIVE TELEVISION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD
PCT/FR2001/002951 WO2002024289A1 (en) 2000-09-22 2001-09-21 Interactive television method and device

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AU2001291974A1 true AU2001291974A1 (en) 2002-04-02

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US (1) US20030093786A1 (en)
EP (1) EP1409096B8 (en)
AT (1) ATE304890T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001291974A1 (en)
DE (1) DE60113566T2 (en)
ES (1) ES2249481T3 (en)
FR (1) FR2814630B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002024289A1 (en)

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GB2441365B (en) * 2006-09-04 2009-10-07 Nds Ltd Displaying video data
JP2013516854A (en) * 2010-01-04 2013-05-13 アルカテル−ルーセント Edge content distribution device and content distribution network for IPTV system

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FR2814630A1 (en) 2002-03-29
WO2002024289A1 (en) 2002-03-28
ES2249481T3 (en) 2006-04-01
EP1409096B8 (en) 2006-08-16
DE60113566D1 (en) 2006-02-02
EP1409096A1 (en) 2004-04-21
DE60113566T2 (en) 2006-06-29
EP1409096B1 (en) 2005-09-21
US20030093786A1 (en) 2003-05-15
ATE304890T1 (en) 2005-10-15
FR2814630B1 (en) 2003-04-18

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