CA2275028A1 - Method and system for an advanced television system allowing objects within an encoded video session (evs) to be interactively selected and processed - Google Patents

Method and system for an advanced television system allowing objects within an encoded video session (evs) to be interactively selected and processed Download PDF

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CA2275028A1
CA2275028A1 CA002275028A CA2275028A CA2275028A1 CA 2275028 A1 CA2275028 A1 CA 2275028A1 CA 002275028 A CA002275028 A CA 002275028A CA 2275028 A CA2275028 A CA 2275028A CA 2275028 A1 CA2275028 A1 CA 2275028A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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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
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    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/47205—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
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    • 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
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    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
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    • H04N21/4725—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots

Abstract

Method and system allowing a user of an Advanced Television/Interactive Multimedia Platform (IMP) to identify and select a plurality of objects contained within an Encoded Video Session (eves). Information related to the user selected object(s) may be accessed via a graphic user interface, and further processed via an Internet Access Information (IAI) hyperlink. The method is accomplished by an Advanced Television/IMP capable of alternate television/Internet video display; icon command processing; Internet communication; split screen display;
data storage ability; displaying a user controlled cursor;
displaying user selectable objects in a hi-lighted manner;
displaying caption data relating to the user selectable objects; receiving, decoding and processing VOI data.

And where VOI data is comprised of the user selectable object(s) x & y co-ordinates; product caption data and an IAI Hyperlink.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ADVANCED TELEVISION SYSTEM ALLOWING
OBJECTS WITHIN AN ENCODED VIDEO SESSION (EVS) TO BE
INTERACTIVELY SELECTED AND PROCESSED.
Inventors (s): Brad C. Barrett and John Andrew Vasilakos Applicant(s): Brad C. Barrett and John Andrew Vasilakos Abstract.
Method and system allowing a user of an Advanced Television/Interactive Multimedia Platform (IMP) to identify and select a plurality of objects contained within an Encoded Video Session (EVS). Information related to the user selected objects) may be accessed via a graphic user interface, and further processed via an Internet Access Information (IAI) hyperlink. The method is accomplished by an Advanced Television/IlVtt' capable of alternate television/Internet video display; icon command processing; Internet communication; split screen display;
data storage ability; displaying a user controlled cursor;
displaying user selectable objects in a hi-lighted manner;
displaying caption data relating to the user selectable objects; receiving, decoding and processing VOI data.
And where VOI data is comprised of the user selectable objects) x & y co-ordinates; product caption data and an IAI Hyperlink.

Claims (15)

CLAIMS:

What is claimed is:
1. A method and system allowing a user of an Advanced Television/Interactive Multimedia Platform (IMP) to identify and select a plurality of objects contained within an Encoded Video Session (EVS). The user selected objects can be accessed via a graphic user interface and further processed via an Internet Access Information (IAI) hyperlink.
2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Advanced Television/
Interactive Multimedia Platform (IMP) comprises:
(a) a means of receiving, processing and displaying television, Internet, and/or other multimedia communication signal(s);
(b) a means of simultaneously receiving, processing and displaying television, Internet, and/or other multimedia communication signal(s);
(c) a means of receiving direct user input commands;
(d) a means of displaying Command Icons (CI);
(e) a means of displaying a user controlled graphic cursor;
(f) a means of performing split screen window display; and (g) a processor integrated with the Advanced Television/Interactive Multimedia Platform (IMP);
3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a processor integrated with the Advanced Television/IMP, and which processor further comprises:
(a) a means of receiving, decoding, storing and processing an Encoded Video Session (EVS);
(b) a means of identifying and separating Video Object Information (VOI) form Un-coded Broadcast Video Data (UBVD) contained within Encoded Video Session (EVS);
(c) a means of decoding, storing and processing VOI (Video Object Information) contained within the Encoded Video Session (EVS);
(d) a means of pausing the video display image upon receiving a User Requested Interrupt (URI);
(e) a means of retrieving and processing a Video Session Frame Identification Code (VSFIC) (f) a means of communicating the VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code) to the storage location where the user selected object's VOI is stored:
(g) a means of retrieving the VOI corresponding to the communicated VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code), from the storage location where the VOI is stored;
(h) a means of displaying user selectable objects) in a hi-lighted manner;
(i) a means of determining whether an object has been selected from the EVS display by comparing user input command, and the position attributed to the object as derived from the object's VOI;
(j) a means of retrieving and processing the VOI data associated with a user selected object;
(k) a means of displaying Command Icons (CI) on the Advanced Television/IMP display;
(l) a means of receiving, processing and interpreting direct user input; and (m) a means of communicating via an Internet communication module.
4. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Advanced Television/Interactive Multi Media Platform (IMP) is capable of:
(a) a means of receiving, decoding, storing and processing an Encoded Video Session (EVS);
(b) a means of identifying and separating Video Object Information (VOI form Uncoded Broadcast Video Data (UBVD) contained within Encoded Video Session (EVS);
(c) a means of decoding, storing and processing VOI (Video Object Information) not contained within the Encoded Video Session (EVS), and wherein the VOI is located at/in/on an alternate storage medium.
(d) a means of processing the VOI data, wherein the VOI will/may comprise (i) Frame Object Data (FOD); and (ii) Object Caption Data (OCD).
(iii) an Internet Access Information (IAI) hyperlink.
(e) a means of processing the FOD (Frame Object Data), wherein the FOD comprises a hierarchy of Object Frame Location (OFL) data elements, and wherein an OFL relates to the occurrence of a particular object within a particular frame and said OFL further comprises:
(i) a Video Session Frame Identification Code (VSFIC).
(ii) the USO (User Selectable Object's) object(s) x & y Co-ordinates formatted and stored in accordance with EVS
encoding standards;
5. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the processor comprises:
(a) a means of temporarily pausing the video display image upon receiving a User Requested Interrupt (URI);
(b) a means of storing Uncoded Broadcast Video Data (UBVD) for the duration of the User Requested Interrupt (URI) session;
(c) a means of retrieving and processing a Video Session Frame Identification Code (VSFIC) (d) a means of communicating the VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code) to the storage location where the user selected object's VOI (Video Object Information) is stored:
(e) a means of retrieving the VOI (Video Object Information) corresponding to the communicated VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code), from the storage location where the VOI is stored;
(f) a means of processing Video Session Frame Sequencing Code (VSFSC) whereby relating the actual video frame at which UBVD was paused to the Frame Identification Code contained within the VOI;
(g) a means of displaying all User Selectable Objects (USO) in a hi-lighted manner as in diagram 1;
(h) a means of determining whether an object has been selected from the EVS display by comparing user input command, and the position attributed to the object as derived from the object's VOI;
(i) a means of displaying a user controlled cursor, (j) a means of displaying a Command Icon (CI) for each USO (User Selectable Object);
(k) a means of displaying a Graphic User Interface within a Secondary Display Window (SDW);
(l) a means of processing user commands, wherein the user commands may/will comprise:
(i) a User Requested Interrupt (URI);
(ii) direction and control of the position of a graphic cursor on the video display image; and (iii) selecting an object or an available action via an User Command Confirmation (UCC).
(m) a means of allowing the user to cancel a previously issued URI
wherein causing the video session to resume the processing and display of the VBD.
(n) a means of resuming the processing and display of a paused VBD
at the same video frame image at which the URI was issued;
(o) a means of processing a time-out interrupt, which time-out interrupt occurs in absence of any user activity during a pre-defined period of time, and wherein the processing of the time out interrupt causes the interrupted video session to be resumed at the same video frame image at which the URI was issued;
(p) a means of causing the VOI data to be displayed via a Graphic User Interface (GUT) which GUI is displayed within a Secondary Display Window (SDW), and the GUI may be of a appearance similar to the Graphic User Interface displayed in Diagram 3.
6. The method of claim 3, claim 4 and claim 5 wherein the Advanced Television/IMP comprises:
(a) a means of displaying television, Internet and other multimedia communication data simultaneously on different windows of a split screen display; and (b) a means of displaying product caption data while the VBD is in progress.
7. The method of claim 3, wherein the video broadcast signal contains:
(a) a UBVD (Un-coded Broadcast Video Data); and (b) an IAI (Internet Access Information) hyperlink to the VOI (Video Object Information).
8. The apparatus described in claim 3. claim and claim 5, wherein the processor comprises:
(a) a means of processing television, Internet and/or other multimedia communication data simultaneously;
(b) a means of identifying and processing an IAI Hyperlink contained within the video broadcast signal; and (c) a means of retrieving the VOI (Video Object Information) data from a remote storage location (d) a means of decoding storing and processing the VOI (Video Object Information) data prior to/or simultaneously with the processing of the UBVD (Uncoded Broadcast Video Data).
9. The apparatus in accordance with claim 3. claim 4 and claim 5, wherein the processor comprises:
(a) a means of simultaneously processing television, Internet and/or other multimedia communication data;
(b) a means of receiving and storing VOI (Video Object Information) data prior to receiving the UBVD (Uncoded Broadcast Video Data) (c) a means of identifying the precise video frame image where the URI (User Request Interrupt) (d) a means of processing the VOI (Video Object Information )with the processing of the UBVD (Ucoded Broadcast Video Data).
10. A method in accordance with claim 3 and claim 9, wherein the processor is capable of:
(a) a means of retrieving and processing a Video Session Frame Identification Code (VSFIC) (b) a means of communicating the VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code) to the storage location where the user selected object's VOI is stored:
(c) a means of retrieving the VOI corresponding to the communicated VSFIC (Video Session Frame Identification Code), from the storage location where the VOI is stored.
11. The apparatus in accordance with claim 3 claim 4 and claim 5, wherein the processor comprises:
(a) a means of simultaneously processing television, Internet and/or other multimedia communication data;
(b) a means of identifying the precise video frame image where the URI was issued;
(c) a means of locating an IAI hyperlink previously stored within the processor memory;
(d) a means of processing the IAI hyperlink to a remote storage location where the VOI data is stored;
(e) a means of retrieving from a remote storage location the VOI data associated with the video frame image where the URI was issued;
and (f) a means of decoding storing and processing the VOI data prior to/or simultaneously with the processing of the UBVD.
12. A method wherein (a) a means of processing the URI request where the video display image will divide into a plurality of windows, of which one window will display the un-paused UBVD, while the secondary display window (SDW) will communicate with the user via the Graphic User Interface (GUI), and where the GUI further comprises:
(i) a means of displaying User Selectable Object's (USO) in a hi-lighted manner(Diagram 1);
(ii) a means of displaying a Product Caption Window (Diagram 3);
(iii) a means of displaying and processing user Command Icons (CI);and (iv) a means of further processing via an IAI hyperlink.
13. The method of claim 1 claim 2 and claim wherein the processing of the VOI can be delayed and stored for processing at a later time;
14. The method of Claim 12 wherein a plurality of objects may be selected, stored and subsequently executed.
15. A method to execute a user selected IAI hyperlink and CI command pre-stored during a previous session.
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