EP2005739A1 - System for freely selecting services for personalising television programmes - Google Patents
System for freely selecting services for personalising television programmesInfo
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- EP2005739A1 EP2005739A1 EP07727155A EP07727155A EP2005739A1 EP 2005739 A1 EP2005739 A1 EP 2005739A1 EP 07727155 A EP07727155 A EP 07727155A EP 07727155 A EP07727155 A EP 07727155A EP 2005739 A1 EP2005739 A1 EP 2005739A1
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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]
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- H04N21/414—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
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- 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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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a system for the free selection of services for the personalization of television programs according to claim 1.
- the television program is a mass medium, i. it is not tailored to the needs of the individual consumer, but should suffice in a uniform form of a large mass of consumers.
- known methods of personalizing the program namely the personal video recorder (PVR) personal video recorder, provide an interactive role for the consumer because it requires a consumer activity that he sometimes finds tedious and annoying in order to enjoy a personalized program, for example by means of an "electronic program guide" (EPG), put together his personal program first, wait for the record and then play it.
- PVR personal video recorder
- EPG electronic program guide
- Television programs is a collection of programs to be recorded on the PVR. For example, all movies of a particular genre or director, all sports broadcasts, or just all the football matches of a particular club can be recorded on the PVR.
- Another example of a service for personalizing television programs is the automatic hiding of advertisements during a recording. Another example is hiding content that is not suitable for children and adolescents.
- the metadata is prepared by service providers and distributed to the consumers of the service.
- the metadata may include an instruction to turn off recording when an ad block starts.
- a command to re-enable the recording may be sent to the PVR.
- Television programs provide consumers with a PVR tailored to the service provider. Thereby the consumer is bound to this one service provider and can only switch to another service provider by concluding a new contract with the new service provider, acquiring a PVR originating from this new service provider, and terminating the contract with the existing service provider or leaving it unused becomes. As a result, the high switching costs reduce the attractiveness as another service provider to enter this market. Likewise, it is not possible for the end user to simultaneously use the services of several service providers.
- the object of the invention is therefore to specify a system which allows a consumer a free choice of services for the personalization of television programs on a PVR.
- the system for freely selecting television program personalization services includes video recorder functionality, a metadata interface, a data store, a processor, and a service manager.
- the metadata interface can be connected to different service providers.
- the service manager distributes the data storage capacity and / or the processor capacity to services of different service providers and / or to different service providers.
- Running multiple services concurrently may conflict with each other. This is e.g. then, if there is not enough data storage capacity for parallel recording of multiple programs.
- the user may favor certain services and / or service providers, thereby ensuring the correctness of their preferred services.
- the system may include a certification interface associated with the service manager. Via the certification interface, information can be received by the service manager, which information can be used to allow a service which can be received via the metadata interface. This can increase the security of the system.
- An advantageous embodiment therefore provides for the distribution of the metadata and / or the distribution of trigger signals and / or the distribution of software for the System to use exactly this distribution network.
- the metadata interface is designed as an interface of a distribution network.
- the interface is bidirectional.
- Services or only parts of services may be performed both by the consumer and / or by the service provider. Both variants have their advantages and disadvantages. By performing at least some of the services in the system, fast processing time can be more easily ensured. In addition, the consumer can be sure of a higher confidentiality of his user data. If, on the other hand, at least some of the services are executed by the service provider, the system can be kept lean and technically simple.
- new services can be loaded onto the system, or existing services updated to a newer version.
- the metadata interface can be designed as a physical or as a logical interface.
- a logical one However, the interface has the advantage that the system can be connected to the service providers via existing physical connections.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an architectural concept of a system
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of the interaction of technical
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a system which is modified with respect to the system shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows an architecture concept of a PVR-configured system 100 for the free selection of services for the personalization of television programs.
- the system 100 includes a metadata interface 110, a software socket 120, a middleware 130 and a hardware 140.
- An operating system and / or drivers may be housed in the hardware.
- the metadata interface 110 is based on the software socket 120 and can be addressed bidirectionally via the Internet or unidirectionally via a channel of a public distribution network.
- the software socket 120 may receive and execute multiple services 124.
- the software socket 120 is connected to the middleware 130 via a logical internal interface 112 and connected to the hardware 140 via a further internal interface 114.
- the software socket 120 includes a service manager 122 that provides a consumer advantageous distribution of the software Computing performance and storage space between the various services ensures.
- the simplest embodiment here is a fair distribution, in which the available resources are equally distributed among the services.
- a distribution is mentioned which results from a higher-level categorization for the personalization of the contents. In this case, an advantageous combination of services of different providers is made.
- FIG. 2 shows a diagram of the interaction of service providers R, A, B, Z, a network 250 and the equipment 201 of a consumer 206.
- the network 250 includes a cable network 252 and the Internet 254.
- the equipment 201 of the consumer 206 comprises a television 202, a remote control 204, and a PVR system 200 for freely selecting services for personalizing television programs.
- the PVR is preferably configured as a set top box and comprises a metadata interface 210 which is connected to the cable network 252 and / or to the Internet 254.
- the PVR is connected to a TV 202. Via a remote control 204, the consumer 206 can control the PVR.
- At least one broadcaster R offers television programs Rl, R2, R3.
- the television programs Rl, R2, R3 are distributed to the consumers 206 via the cable network 252.
- television programs R1, R2, R3 can also be accessed via the Internet 254 and / or broadband connections, such as the Internet. DSL, are transmitted to the end customer 206.
- the service providers A, B provide services Al, A2, Bl for the personalization of television programs Rl, R2, R3.
- the metadata All, A21, BIl and / or the trigger signals A12, B12 are transmitted to the PVR of the consumer 206 via a network 250, preferably via the cable network 252 and / or via the Internet 254.
- a certification service Z generates a certificate Z1, which is sent to a trusted service provider A, B of services Al, A2, Bl for the personalization of
- the service provider A, B transmits the certificate Z1 or an information equivalent to the certificate Z1 to the PVR via at least one of the networks 250, 251, 252.
- the certification service Z transmits the certificate Z1 or an information equivalent to the certificate Z1 via one of the networks 250, 251, 252 to the PVR.
- the certificate Z1 can, as shown in FIG. 2, be received by the PVR via the metadata interface 210.
- the PVR may also have a separate certification interface through which the certificate Zl is receivable.
- the PVR subsequently compares the certificate obtained from the service provider A, B with that of the certification service Z. If so, it allows the services Al, A2, Bl of the service provider A, B, thereby increasing the security of the consumer 206, not harmful services on his system increases.
- Figure 3 shows a system 300 for free selection of services for personalizing television programs.
- the system includes a video recorder 342, a metadata interface 310, a data store 344, a processor 346, and a service manager 322.
- the service manager 322 includes the video recorder 342, the metadata interface 310, the data store 344, and the processor 346 connected.
- the metadata interface 310 is connected to two different service providers A, B.
- the service manager 322 the data storage capacity DK and / or the processor capacity CK can be distributed to services of different service providers and / or to different service providers A, B.
- the service provider A claims a data storage capacity DKA and a processor capacity CKA.
- the service provider B claims a data storage capacity DKB and a processor capacity CKB.
- Processor capacities CKA, CKB may be performed statically or dynamically by the service manager 322.
- the distribution can be distributed individually to the respective situation.
- the services A, B jointly claim one
- Data storage capacity and / or processor capacity exceeding the capacity of the data memory and / or processor may disable a service altogether (ie, the service manager will allocate a capacity of "zero") for at least one service to complete ,
- the system shown in FIG. 3 additionally comprises an input device 348 which allows a user to select and allow service providers A, B and to configure the distribution of the data storage capacity DK and / or processor capacity CK.
- the system shown in FIG. 3 also includes a certification interface 370, which is connected to the service manager 322. Via the certification interface 370, the service manager 322 can receive a certificate from a certificate provider Z. This can be compared in the system with a certificate which is sent by a service provider A, B via the metadata interface. Votes the certificates match, the system allows a service of the service provider A, B to.
- VCR VCR
- VCR functionality 344 Data storage
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