TW513889B - Using web based information to select television programs - Google Patents

Abstract

Variables incorporated into a hypertext markup language program guide (22) enable location of hypertext elements. Once the variable is located, the information contained within the identified hypertext element may be used to tune to a particular channel.

Description

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Fig. 2 is a graphical user interface of a traditional web page; Fig. 3 is a graphical user interface used by an embodiment of the present invention; A flowchart of software according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a block diagram of hardware according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention; A flowchart of the embodiment shown in the figure; and FIG. 8 is a graphical user interface shared with an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Referring to FIG. 1 ', a processor-based system 10 can use a browser 12 to access elements beyond this text. A hypertext element is a combination of a set of tags, any content contained between tags, and the attributes that a tag has. Hypertext components can be nested one inside the other. Hypertext components can exist in different markup languages including HTML, XML (short for Extensible Markup Language), and Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). Markup language standards are published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). One such standard is XHTML 1.0: a draft of the Extensible Markup Language work, which was available on November 24, 1995 and is available from the Global Information Networking Association (W3C) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. The Wireless Markup Language (WML) standard for use with cellular phones is published by the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum Limited, RG 1-3 BD, Reading, UK. "Components" are defined by the W3C XHTML 1.0 working draft as a II — — — — — — 1111. (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Order ·-• Line.

This paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297). 5. Document description (3) A document structure unit declared in the definition of the document type. The component content model is defined in the document type definition and Additional semantics can be defined in the trivial description of a component.-Document Type Definitions (DTDs) are a collection of xML declarations that define valid structures, components, and attributes in a document that can be used to comply with the DTD. "Labels" A code used to format, mark, and link information in a document to identify components in a document. Labels are a pair of angled brackets containing one or more words or numbers. Usually—the angled brackets are placed before or Later, for example, in XML, any type of data can be given a pre-formatted format and structure. In XML, tags can be defined by users. Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, tags can be Definitions to facilitate finding specific types of information, such as TV program time and channels in markup language files. Once the data can be located, it can then be forwarded A data structure related to a variety of applications, such as a tuner application that uses television program information. The browser uses a hypertext component to display a hypertext file as a graphical user on a processor-based system display Interface. Browser 12 can be combined into a database 14 'This database contains, for example, information on how markup languages work. Software 40 can be included in the browser, the purpose of which is explained later. Including the browser 12 On the same processor-based system, there can also be a tuner application 20. The application 20 transfers the television receiver to a program selected for viewing or recording. 513889 A7 B7 Ministry of Economic Affairs, Intellectual Property Bureau, Employee Consumer Cooperatives Print 5. Description of the invention (4 Application 20 needs unique information to meet user requirements. Application 20 can make a request for this information 18 and can receive information 16. For example, the tuner application 20 can be displayed from the browser 12 A webpage captures time and channel information. Therefore, the application 20 can provide information 18 identifying the preferences of the components of this article, and The information 16 associated with the components of this document can be returned to the application 20. In an embodiment of the present invention, a database can be generated between hypertext components such as metadata, XHTML modules, or the like. These applications support hypertext Components are input materials. Hyperfile markup language can be coded in a way that is within the scope of the components in this document, that is, variables that can be recognized by the browser 12 in response to the needs from the application 20. Therefore, Channel and time variables are merged as standard variables. A tuner application 20 installed in the system 10 identifies the data format related to the variable. The application can then use the value of the variable as input data. Way 'application 20 may require' Liu browser 12 to identify information useful to application 20. The application 20 may select a specific variable that is encoded in the markup language, and information matching the variable may be retrieved from a web page and stored in a database related to the application 20. This can be done by simply clicking with the mouse to get the favorite information on the web page in one embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the user can align the cursor 28 with the program information 26 in the program guide webpage 22. The program guide web page 22 displays time on the entire horizontal axis, and channel information along the vertical axis. The application 20 can associate each network such as "ABC" with a suitable local channel. Because this paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) ^ -------- ^ --------- * 5 ^ (Please read the precautions on the back first (Fill in this page again) 513889 A7 B7 From the fifth, the description of the invention (5), each program corresponding to the time and channel information is marked by a box 24. Suppose the user wants to watch the program marked by box 24 on the web page 22. The user can click on the box 24 on the web page 22 with the mouse. The time and channel information (ABC '8Pm to 9pm) of the box on the web page 22 is automatically retrieved from the web page 22 and incorporated into a data structure associated with the tuner application 20. Furthermore, this capturing operation is performed in software, which locates pre-defined elements in the markup language code beyond the text. Referring to FIG. 3, in an embodiment of the present invention, when the user uses a mouse to take a program block 24 with a cursor 28, a menu 30 appears downward. For example, when the user operates the right mouse button, the menu 30 may provide information such as go to previous page, select all, create shortcuts, add to favorites, content, view source code, and new selectable images, such as " Channel selection to, 34, and "recording" 36. Selecting channel selection to image 34 will automatically select the channel and play the selected program. Electorally, selecting a video image 36 will automatically select the channel to the selected program and record it The images 34 and 36 each contribute to the selection of a specific application 20 that resides in the system. When the application 20 associated with each image is registered with the browser 12, the images 34 and 36 are added to the slide-down menu 3 Next, referring to FIG. 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a software 40 may be a different application that is loaded into a system based on the same processor as the browser 12 and the application 20. Alternatively, the software 40 may be incorporated into the browser 12 software as software provided by a browser distributor or subsequently received into the browser 12. -------- Order --------- ^. ( (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Employee Cooperatives, Intellectual Property Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs System

513889 Printed by the Intellectual Property Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Consumer Property Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau; 5. Description of the invention Menu 30 can be displayed as shown in box 44. Then '~ image 34 or 36 can be clicked with a mouse, as shown in diamond box 46. A hypertext variable corresponding to a label is confirmed' as box 48 As shown. The hypertext component associated with this variable is then located in the network file 'as indicated by box 50. The corresponding target contained in the hypertext component can be used in application 20. For example, this component It can be automatically searched for the program name, time and channel information copied and pasted into the application 20, as shown in block 52. As shown in FIG. 5, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a processor-based system 10 'may include a processor 58 with a bus 5 8. The bus 58 may be coupled to a north bridge 60, and the north bridge 60 is also coupled to the system memory 62 and an L2 fast memory. 64. North Bridge 6 It then engages with a bus 66. The bus 66 is coupled to a display controller 68 and a display 70, such as a television receiver displaying the web page 22 shown in Figures 2 and 3. The bus 66 is also coupled to a south Bridge 72. The South Bridge can be combined to a hard disk 76. A TV tuner / capture card 74 can receive analog or digital TV broadcasts via a radio broadcast antenna, a cable connection, or a satellite receiver. The tuner / intercept card 74 can be controlled by the tuner application 20a to tune to a selected channel. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the browser 12 and various other applications are like the tuner application 20a and a recording application 20b can be stored on hard disk 76. When executed, these applications can be transferred to system memory 62. 'Paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 public love) I ---- I ! (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) 513889

Printed by the Employees' Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 513889 A7, _ _ B7 V. The program specified in the description of invention (8). As shown in Fig. 7, the link setting software 92 can be used to register a specific application in the system 54 with the software 80 (Fig. 6). The user may request identification of connectable software, as indicated by diamond 94. The user may then be provided with a list of applications currently residing in the user system 54, which applications and codes function to form a given web page, as shown in block 96. Each of these applications may include a code confirming to the software 92 that the application is compatible with the software 80. This list can be provided as a > graphical user interface listing connectable apps. As indicated by the diamond 98, a check determines whether the user has selected any application to register with the auto-link software 80. If so, the image link of the selected application will be automatically activated, as indicated by box 1000. This means that any visited web page will be automatically searched for tags compatible with the image link of the selected application being activated. Therefore, in the example shown in Fig. 8, the tuner application 20a has been registered with the software 80. As a result, each web page is automatically searched for tags compatible with the tuner application 20a >. When those landmarks are found, the tuner image 102a and the recording image 120b are automatically displayed as overlays on the web page 22. If the user clicks on the image 102, the application 20a or 20b can be automatically activated and the data in the element marked by the tag can be used to transfer to or record the selected program. Utilizing embodiments of the present invention, information in a component that is not hyperlinked to an application can be linked to the application. This can be done without coding the hyperlink into a hypertext document. The information can then be extracted from the hypertext components for use in an application. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -11- ^ -------- ^ --------- ^ (Please read the precautions on the back first (Fill in this page again) 513889 A7 ___B7___ 5. Description of the invention (9) In addition to extracting data from an HTML element in this document, the application 20a or 20b can identify a packet identifier (PID) of the same digital television system. See ATSC Digital Television Standard (Doc. A / 53), September 16, 1995, of the Advanced Television Systems Committee. A PID can be used to automatically identify a channel within the information transmitted in the appropriate digital standard. After obtaining this information, the tuner application 20a can use the PID information to select and tune to the desired digital channel. Although the present invention has been described with a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications and variations. The scope of the attached patent application is intended to include all such modifications and changes that fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention. r ----------------- (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -12- This paper size applies to China Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 513889 A7 * B7 V. Description of the invention (10: Economics ^: Ministry of Wisdom «/ Property Bureau Employees Consumer Cooperatives Printed Components Label Description 10 Processor-based system 12 Browser 14 Database 16 Information 18 Information 20 Application 40 Software 22 Web Page 24 Box 28 Cursor 30 Menu 34 Menu Selection to 36 Video 56 Processor 58 Bus 60 North Bridge 62 System Memory 64 L2 Fast Memory 66 Bus 68 Display Controller 70 Display 72 South Bridge 74 Tuner / Intercept 76 Hard Disk 20a Tuner 20b Video 102 Image 102a Tuner Image (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) This paper size Applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) -13- 513889 A7 _B7 V. Description of invention (11) 102b Video image (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) -111 111.

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Claims (1)

Application No. 90109654 Application Amendment to Patent Scope Amendment 91021. 1. A method for controlling a television receiver, comprising: in a document, automatically locating a television that is not hyperlinked to an application in a hypertext element Program information; and information selection automatically used in this hypertext component _ TV show. 2. The method as described in item i of the scope of patent application, wherein automatically positioning the supertextual element in the supertext document includes identifying variables related to a particular type of supertextual element. 3. The method described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, which includes locating elements beyond the text in response to the one-finger $ provided on the screen of the document. 4. The method as described in item 3 of the scope of the patent application, wherein automatically locating the hypertext element includes identifying-variables associated with a particular type of hypertext element. 5. The method as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein self-aligning a supertext element includes automatically locating a variable within a supertext document associated with an application. 6. The method as described in item i of the patent application scope, which comprises automatically registering an application with the Liu browser so that the application extracts elements beyond the text from the web page displayed by the Liu browser. 7. The method as described in item i of the patent application, which further comprises automatically providing a user-selectable image in response to locating the element in a file. 8. The method as described in claim 7 wherein automatically providing an image includes providing a slide-down menu screen. -15- VI. Scope of Patent Application 9. An article containing a medium for storing instructions that causes a processor-based system to perform the following actions: · In a super document, automatically locate a super document A television program information in the component; and automatically select a television program using the information in the hypertext component. 10. The article as described in item 9 of the scope of patent application, which further stores instructions that enable a processor-based system to identify a variable related to a particular type of element beyond the context of this document. 1 1. The article as described in item 10 of the scope of patent application, further storing instructions that enable a processor-based system to automatically respond to an on-screen display of a hypertext document indicating the location of the hypertext component. 12. The article as described in item u of the scope of the patent application, further storing instructions that cause a processor-based system to identify a variable that is related to a particular type of element beyond this document. 13. The article as described in item π of the scope of patent application, which further stores instructions for automatically positioning a processor-based system in a variable related to an application beyond the contents of this document. 14. The article as described in item 9 of the scope of patent application, which further stores a processor-based system to automatically register an application with a browser so that the application retrieves super-text elements from a web page displayed by the browser. Instructions. 15. The item as described in item 9 of the scope of patent application, which further stores a processor-based system to automatically respond to the determination of the component in the file. Bits provide instructions for user-selectable images. 16. The item as described in item 15 of the scope of patent application, which further advances-provides the processor-based system-instructions for sliding down the menu. 17. A system for controlling a television receiver, comprising: a processor-based device; an interface connecting the device to the Internet; and a storage device coupled to the device, the storage device storing a J Browser and application, the storage device further stores software, which enables the processor-based device to automatically locate a supertext component in this document and automatically use it in the TV tuner The information in this application exceeds this text component. 18. The system of claim 17 in the scope of the patent application, wherein the software identifies a variable that is associated with a particular type of element beyond the text. i9. The system described in item 17 of the scope of patent application, which includes a display coupled to the processor-based device. 20. The system of claim 17 in the scope of the patent application, which includes a television tuner / capture card coupled to the processor-based device. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (21 × 297 mm) Loading -17-