CA2390237A1 - Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and data received through a digital receiver - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and data received through a digital receiver Download PDF

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CA2390237A1
CA2390237A1 CA002390237A CA2390237A CA2390237A1 CA 2390237 A1 CA2390237 A1 CA 2390237A1 CA 002390237 A CA002390237 A CA 002390237A CA 2390237 A CA2390237 A CA 2390237A CA 2390237 A1 CA2390237 A1 CA 2390237A1
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Tom Lee Sorensen
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Zenith Electronics LLC
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    • H04N21/4331—Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
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    • 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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    • H04N21/45—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
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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
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    • 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
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
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    • 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
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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)
CA002390237A 1999-11-12 2000-10-18 Apparatus and method for retrieving and utilizing software and data received through a digital receiver Abandoned CA2390237A1 (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
US09/439,516 1999-11-12
US52750300A 2000-03-16 2000-03-16
US09/527,503 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

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CA2390237A1 true CA2390237A1 (en) 2001-05-17

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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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AR033502A1 (es) 2003-12-26
KR20020059715A (ko) 2002-07-13
AU1969301A (en) 2001-06-06
KR100711750B1 (ko) 2007-05-02
WO2001035642A1 (en) 2001-05-17
TW515201B (en) 2002-12-21
BR0015498A (pt) 2002-07-23

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