GB2355891B - Improved interactive communications apparatus and method - Google Patents

Improved interactive communications apparatus and method

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Publication number
GB2355891B
GB2355891B GB0018329A GB0018329A GB2355891B GB 2355891 B GB2355891 B GB 2355891B GB 0018329 A GB0018329 A GB 0018329A GB 0018329 A GB0018329 A GB 0018329A GB 2355891 B GB2355891 B GB 2355891B
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Prior art keywords
communications apparatus
interactive communications
improved interactive
improved
interactive
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GB0018329A
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GB2355891A (en
GB0018329D0 (en
Inventor
Peter Lockhart
Stephen Philip Rowe
William Gidley
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Roke Manor Research Ltd
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Roke Manor Research Ltd
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Publication of GB0018329D0 publication Critical patent/GB0018329D0/en
Priority to JP2001534860A priority Critical patent/JP2003513550A/en
Priority to PCT/EP2000/010408 priority patent/WO2001033836A1/en
Priority to EP00969532A priority patent/EP1224800A1/en
Publication of GB2355891A publication Critical patent/GB2355891A/en
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Publication of GB2355891B publication Critical patent/GB2355891B/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B5/00—Electrically-operated educational appliances
    • 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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4126—The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
    • 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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4131—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices
    • 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]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/65—Transmission of management data between client and server
    • H04N21/654—Transmission by server directed to the client
    • H04N21/6543—Transmission by server directed to the client for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/081—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division the additional information signals being transmitted by means of a subcarrier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H2200/00—Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
GB0018329A 1999-10-30 2000-07-27 Improved interactive communications apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related GB2355891B (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2001534860A JP2003513550A (en) 1999-10-30 2000-10-20 Improved interactive communication device and method
PCT/EP2000/010408 WO2001033836A1 (en) 1999-10-30 2000-10-20 Improved interactive communications apparatus and method
EP00969532A EP1224800A1 (en) 1999-10-30 2000-10-20 Improved interactive communications apparatus and method

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GBGB9925698.4A GB9925698D0 (en) 1999-10-30 1999-10-30 Improved interactive communications apparatus and method

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GB0018329D0 GB0018329D0 (en) 2000-09-13
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GB2371176A (en) * 2001-01-16 2002-07-17 Roke Manor Research Using electromagnetic radiation inadvertently emitted from a display to transmit data
GB2371175A (en) * 2001-01-16 2002-07-17 Roke Manor Research Communication system using stray radiation from electrical apparatus
US8568192B2 (en) * 2011-12-01 2013-10-29 In-Dot Ltd. Method and system of managing a game session
GB2539027B (en) 2015-06-04 2019-04-17 Thales Holdings Uk Plc Video compression with increased fidelity near horizon

Citations (3)

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GB1389228A (en) * 1971-09-28 1975-04-03 Burton A J Apparatus for deriving sound signals from television receivers
US4021737A (en) * 1975-06-04 1977-05-03 Trask Burdick S System for processing and transmitting audio signals received from a television set for reproduction by a high fidelity FM receiver
GB2198316A (en) * 1986-11-14 1988-06-08 Rose Communication Systems Transceiver using local oscillator leakage radiation

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1389228A (en) * 1971-09-28 1975-04-03 Burton A J Apparatus for deriving sound signals from television receivers
US4021737A (en) * 1975-06-04 1977-05-03 Trask Burdick S System for processing and transmitting audio signals received from a television set for reproduction by a high fidelity FM receiver
GB2198316A (en) * 1986-11-14 1988-06-08 Rose Communication Systems Transceiver using local oscillator leakage radiation

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Effective date: 20080727