GB2380089B - Method of initiating interactivity in an enhanced digital television broadcast using the broadcaster's station id - Google Patents

Method of initiating interactivity in an enhanced digital television broadcast using the broadcaster's station id

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Publication number
GB2380089B
GB2380089B GB0229130A GB0229130A GB2380089B GB 2380089 B GB2380089 B GB 2380089B GB 0229130 A GB0229130 A GB 0229130A GB 0229130 A GB0229130 A GB 0229130A GB 2380089 B GB2380089 B GB 2380089B
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Prior art keywords
broadcaster
station
digital television
television broadcast
enhanced digital
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GB0229130A
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GB2380089A (en
Inventor
Michael R Gower
Sridhar Iyengar
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Intel Corp
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Intel Corp
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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
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N5/445—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for displaying additional information
    • 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
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • 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
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4316—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
    • 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
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport 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
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • 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
    • H04N21/488—Data services, e.g. news ticker
    • 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
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4331—Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
    • 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
    • H04N21/8126—Monomedia components thereof involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
    • H04N21/8133—Monomedia components thereof involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
GB0229130A 2000-05-16 2001-04-10 Method of initiating interactivity in an enhanced digital television broadcast using the broadcaster's station id Expired - Fee Related GB2380089B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US57305000A 2000-05-16 2000-05-16
PCT/US2001/012347 WO2001089207A1 (en) 2000-05-16 2001-04-10 Method of initiating interactivity in an enhanced digital television broadcast using the broadcaster's station id

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GB0229130D0 GB0229130D0 (en) 2003-01-15
GB2380089A GB2380089A (en) 2003-03-26
GB2380089B true GB2380089B (en) 2005-01-12

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KR (1) KR100479675B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001253550A1 (en)
DE (1) DE10196177T1 (en)
GB (1) GB2380089B (en)
HK (1) HK1051286A1 (en)
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WO (1) WO2001089207A1 (en)

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EP0834798A2 (en) * 1996-10-07 1998-04-08 Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated content guide for interactive selection of content and services on personal computer systems
JPH11205771A (en) * 1998-01-12 1999-07-30 Sharp Corp Program presentation system in digital broadcast receiver
JP2000032415A (en) * 1998-07-16 2000-01-28 Sony Corp Receiver
EP0984633A2 (en) * 1998-07-28 2000-03-08 Sarnoff Corporation Insertion of a logo in a video signal

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EP0834798A2 (en) * 1996-10-07 1998-04-08 Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated content guide for interactive selection of content and services on personal computer systems
JPH11205771A (en) * 1998-01-12 1999-07-30 Sharp Corp Program presentation system in digital broadcast receiver
JP2000032415A (en) * 1998-07-16 2000-01-28 Sony Corp Receiver
EP0984633A2 (en) * 1998-07-28 2000-03-08 Sarnoff Corporation Insertion of a logo in a video signal

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 12, 1999-10-29 & JP 11 205 771 A *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 04, 2000-08-31 & JP 2000 032 415 A *

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WO2001089207A1 (en) 2001-11-22
AU2001253550A1 (en) 2001-11-26
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KR20040010043A (en) 2004-01-31
KR100479675B1 (en) 2005-03-31
DE10196177T1 (en) 2003-05-22
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JP2004509483A (en) 2004-03-25
HK1051286A1 (en) 2003-07-25

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