CA2844582A1 - Epg with advertising inserts - Google Patents

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CA2844582A1
CA2844582A1 CA2844582A CA2844582A CA2844582A1 CA 2844582 A1 CA2844582 A1 CA 2844582A1 CA 2844582 A CA2844582 A CA 2844582A CA 2844582 A CA2844582 A CA 2844582A CA 2844582 A1 CA2844582 A1 CA 2844582A1
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Henry C. Yuen
Roy J. Mankovitz
Daniel S. Kwoh
Elsie Y. Leung
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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
    • H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
    • H04N21/4438—Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/434—Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/4345—Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/482—End-user interface for program selection
    • H04N21/4821—End-user interface for program selection using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
    • 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
    • H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/78—Television signal recording using magnetic recording
    • H04N5/782—Television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
CA2844582A 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Epg with advertising inserts Abandoned CA2844582A1 (en)

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US3478496P 1996-12-19 1996-12-19
US60/034,784 1996-12-19
CA2779619A CA2779619C (en) 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Displaying channel advertisements with an electronic program guide

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CA2844582A Abandoned CA2844582A1 (en) 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Epg with advertising inserts
CA2275720A Expired - Lifetime CA2275720C (en) 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Epg with advertising inserts
CA2779619A Expired - Lifetime CA2779619C (en) 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Displaying channel advertisements with an electronic program guide

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CA2779619A Expired - Lifetime CA2779619C (en) 1996-12-19 1997-12-19 Displaying channel advertisements with an electronic program guide

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EP (1) EP0947093A4 (ko)
JP (1) JP3527252B2 (ko)
KR (1) KR100327556B1 (ko)
CN (1) CN1112804C (ko)
AU (1) AU731010B2 (ko)
BR (1) BR9713597A (ko)
CA (3) CA2844582A1 (ko)
ES (1) ES2424948T3 (ko)
HK (1) HK1025454A1 (ko)
MX (1) MXPA99005769A (ko)
WO (1) WO1998027723A1 (ko)

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KR100327556B1 (ko) 2002-03-15
CA2779619C (en) 2014-04-01
CA2779619A1 (en) 1998-06-25
AU5619898A (en) 1998-07-15
MXPA99005769A (es) 2004-09-10
HK1025454A1 (en) 2000-11-10
CN1112804C (zh) 2003-06-25
EP0947093A1 (en) 1999-10-06
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KR20000069592A (ko) 2000-11-25
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