GB2384412B - Information supply system - Google Patents

Information supply system

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Publication number
GB2384412B
GB2384412B GB0222539A GB0222539A GB2384412B GB 2384412 B GB2384412 B GB 2384412B GB 0222539 A GB0222539 A GB 0222539A GB 0222539 A GB0222539 A GB 0222539A GB 2384412 B GB2384412 B GB 2384412B
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Prior art keywords
supply system
information supply
information
supply
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GB0222539A
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GB0222539D0 (en
GB2384412A (en
Inventor
Ian John Prowse
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VORTEX COMM Ltd
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VORTEX COMM Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB0124508A external-priority patent/GB2372998B/en
Priority claimed from GB0124550A external-priority patent/GB0124550D0/en
Application filed by VORTEX COMM Ltd filed Critical VORTEX COMM Ltd
Publication of GB0222539D0 publication Critical patent/GB0222539D0/en
Publication of GB2384412A publication Critical patent/GB2384412A/en
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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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/418—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
    • H04N21/4185—External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access for payment
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H20/00—Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast
    • H04H20/53—Arrangements specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for traffic information or for mobile receivers
    • H04H20/61—Arrangements specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for traffic information or for mobile receivers for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
    • H04H20/63—Arrangements specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for traffic information or for mobile receivers for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast to plural spots in a confined site, e.g. MATV [Master Antenna Television]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2801—Broadband local area networks
    • 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]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/21—Server components or server architectures
    • H04N21/214—Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel, hospital
    • H04N21/2143—Specialised server platform, e.g. server located in an airplane, hotel, hospital located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum
    • 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]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • H04N21/438—Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving MPEG packets from an IP network
    • H04N21/4381—Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells
    • 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
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    • 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
    • H04N21/4786—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application e-mailing
    • 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 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/64—Addressing
    • 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 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/643—Communication protocols
    • H04N21/64322—IP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/10—Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/10—Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable
    • H04N7/106—Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable for domestic distribution
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—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
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
GB0222539A 2001-10-12 2002-09-30 Information supply system Expired - Fee Related GB2384412B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0124508A GB2372998B (en) 2001-03-09 2001-10-12 Apparatus for controlling flow in an electrodeposition process
GB0124550A GB0124550D0 (en) 2001-10-12 2001-10-12 Information supply system

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GB0222539D0 GB0222539D0 (en) 2002-11-06
GB2384412A GB2384412A (en) 2003-07-23
GB2384412B true GB2384412B (en) 2006-04-12

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GB2283398A (en) * 1993-10-28 1995-05-03 Mohammed Alam An interactive television system
GB2296169A (en) * 1994-12-14 1996-06-19 Metrovideo Ltd Video transmission systems
GB2297672A (en) * 1994-09-15 1996-08-07 Ccc Group Ltd Multi-media distribution apparatus for distributing video signals from a broadband network to subscribers using twisted pair cables
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GB2319443A (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-20 Trac Satellite Systems Limited Radio/tv Receiver for hospitals
GB2359429A (en) * 2001-01-19 2001-08-22 Itt Mfg Enterprises Inc A home entertainment system having a hub with TV tuners and a switching matrix for interconnection of consumer devices and transport of baseband video signals
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GB2378874A (en) * 2001-04-30 2003-02-19 Frank Ainscow Audiovisual distribution system

Patent Citations (8)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2283398A (en) * 1993-10-28 1995-05-03 Mohammed Alam An interactive television system
GB2297672A (en) * 1994-09-15 1996-08-07 Ccc Group Ltd Multi-media distribution apparatus for distributing video signals from a broadband network to subscribers using twisted pair cables
GB2296169A (en) * 1994-12-14 1996-06-19 Metrovideo Ltd Video transmission systems
US5579308A (en) * 1995-11-22 1996-11-26 Samsung Electronics, Ltd. Crossbar/hub arrangement for multimedia network
GB2319443A (en) * 1996-11-14 1998-05-20 Trac Satellite Systems Limited Radio/tv Receiver for hospitals
WO2001097516A1 (en) * 2000-06-14 2001-12-20 Arrista Technologies Inc. Multimedia convergence and distribution system
GB2359429A (en) * 2001-01-19 2001-08-22 Itt Mfg Enterprises Inc A home entertainment system having a hub with TV tuners and a switching matrix for interconnection of consumer devices and transport of baseband video signals
GB2378874A (en) * 2001-04-30 2003-02-19 Frank Ainscow Audiovisual distribution system

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