IL159271A0 - Improvements in receivers for television signals - Google Patents

Improvements in receivers for television signals

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Publication number
IL159271A0
IL159271A0 IL15927196A IL15927196A IL159271A0 IL 159271 A0 IL159271 A0 IL 159271A0 IL 15927196 A IL15927196 A IL 15927196A IL 15927196 A IL15927196 A IL 15927196A IL 159271 A0 IL159271 A0 IL 159271A0
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Israel
Prior art keywords
television signals
channels
receivers
receiver
list
Prior art date
Application number
IL15927196A
Other languages
English (en)
Original Assignee
British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
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Publication date
Priority claimed from GBGB9526304.2A external-priority patent/GB9526304D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB9616406.6A external-priority patent/GB9616406D0/en
Application filed by British Sky Broadcasting Ltd filed Critical British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
Publication of IL159271A0 publication Critical patent/IL159271A0/xx

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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
    • H04N21/431—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]
    • H04N21/20—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
    • H04N21/254—Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server
    • H04N21/2543—Billing, e.g. for subscription services
    • 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
    • H04N21/4314—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 fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • 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
    • H04N21/4753—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password
    • 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
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • 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
    • H04N21/47805—Electronic banking
    • 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
    • H04N21/47815—Electronic shopping
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • 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
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Input Circuits Of Receivers And Coupling Of Receivers And Audio Equipment (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
IL15927196A 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals IL159271A0 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9526304.2A GB9526304D0 (en) 1995-05-22 1995-12-22 Interactive services interface
GBGB9616406.6A GB9616406D0 (en) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Improvements in receivers for television signals
IL12501196A IL125011A (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Receivers for television signals
PCT/GB1996/002856 WO1997023997A1 (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals

Publications (1)

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IL159271A0 true IL159271A0 (en) 2004-06-01

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
IL15927196A IL159271A0 (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Improvements in receivers for television signals
IL12501196A IL125011A (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Receivers for television signals
IL15927296A IL159272A (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Receivers for television signals

Family Applications After (2)

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IL12501196A IL125011A (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Receivers for television signals
IL15927296A IL159272A (en) 1995-12-22 1996-11-19 Receivers for television signals

Country Status (11)

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EP (2) EP0868816B1 (de)
JP (2) JP4264851B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE216167T1 (de)
AU (1) AU7631696A (de)
DE (1) DE69620631T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0868816T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2175148T3 (de)
IL (3) IL159271A0 (de)
NO (1) NO324918B1 (de)
PT (1) PT868816E (de)
WO (1) WO1997023997A1 (de)

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AU7631696A (en) 1997-07-17
CA2241368C (en) 2004-08-17
EP0868816B1 (de) 2002-04-10
IL125011A0 (en) 1999-01-26
ES2175148T3 (es) 2002-11-16
DE69620631T2 (de) 2002-10-24
JP4264851B2 (ja) 2009-05-20
CA2241368A1 (en) 1997-07-03
DE69620631D1 (de) 2002-05-16
EP2265022A2 (de) 2010-12-22
NO982805D0 (no) 1998-06-18
PT868816E (pt) 2002-07-31
NO982805L (no) 1998-08-20
DK0868816T3 (da) 2002-07-01
EP2265022A3 (de) 2011-01-19
EP0868816A1 (de) 1998-10-07
JP2007129758A (ja) 2007-05-24
NO324918B1 (no) 2008-01-07
IL159272A (en) 2004-07-25
WO1997023997A1 (en) 1997-07-03
IL159272A0 (en) 2004-06-01
ATE216167T1 (de) 2002-04-15
IL125011A (en) 2004-07-25
JP2000502846A (ja) 2000-03-07

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