WO2000024191A1 - Digital decoder for audiovisual data and applications from a plurality of providers - Google Patents
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- WO2000024191A1 WO2000024191A1 PCT/EP1999/006123 EP9906123W WO0024191A1 WO 2000024191 A1 WO2000024191 A1 WO 2000024191A1 EP 9906123 W EP9906123 W EP 9906123W WO 0024191 A1 WO0024191 A1 WO 0024191A1
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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
- H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
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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
- H04N21/45—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
- H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
- H04N21/4516—Management of client data or end-user data involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
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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
- H04N21/45—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
- H04N21/454—Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
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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
- H04N21/45—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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- the invention relates to the field of digital decoders which receive audiovisual data and applications through at least one delivery channel
- the digital decoders may handle the audiovisual data and / or run an application, and output a result of handling and / or running in form of audiovisual data to a displaying device
- Today digital television is mainly operated in vertical markets, i e a broadcaster distributes several audio/visual/data services over a delivery system
- broadcasters rely on established standards like MPEG-2 and DVB for transmitting audio, video and data e g program specific information, service information, applications etc
- a part of the data is often transmitted via private descriptors or even via private data tables
- Such vertical markets require digital decoders that are developed conform to the specification of broadcasters so as to be able to exploit the specific data
- broadcasters provide an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) so as to allow the user to find a desired service
- EPG Electronic Program Guide
- the EPG may for example be launched by a special key a remote control device which is used to control the digital decoder
- a digital decoder system is designed to receive audiovisual data and applications through a delivery system from one or a plurality of application broadcasters and comprises
- a registration database to store characteristic data from at least one specific application, each specific application providing from a determined application broadcaster
- an application launcher which is connected to the registration database and allows to select and launch one of the specific applications corresponding to the characteristic data stored in the registration database
- Fig 1 contains a schematic diagram of a digital decoder in a horizontal configuration
- Fig 2 contains a schematic representation of a registration data base
- Fig 3 contains a schematic partial representation of a digital decoder system
- Application vendor name e g a broadcaster's name
- a logo representing the application (could be a logo for a program bundle of a broadcaster)
- a type of the application e g an EPG-type
- the registration data base should be exploited by an application launcher
- the application launcher queries the registration data base and presents available applications in graphical menus
- a user interface allows the user to navigate through the graphical menus, to select a desired application and thus to instruct the application to launch the running of the desired application
- a third advantage of the application launcher is that it avoids launching conflicts between several concurrent applications, e g EPGs, which can occur in horizontal provider configuration Thus fast, safe and convenient selection of interactive applications (e g EPGs) may be achieved
- a fourth advantage of the application launcher is that it provides a generic, extensible and dynamic mechanism to install and launch applications in a digital decoder
- a generic digital decoder 1 offers access to contents of a plurality of broadcasters, e g broadcasters A and B in boxes 2, 3 available over the delivery systems 4 and 5 connected to the generic digital decoder
- the connected delivery systems 4 and 5 may for example be a cable network, a satellite receiving system or an aerial antenna Caused by a wide usage of private data in current broadcast networks
- an EPG of a broadcaster may be a candidate for the gate so as to enter a broadcasters world, i e an EPG-A from broadcaster A allows to select broadcaster's A applications, to watch and/or listen to broadcaster's A audiovisual programs using for example a TV set 6
- the generic digital decoder contains a registration data base 7 shown in Fig 2, which stores characteristic data 8 for applications
- the characteristic data 8 may for example be application name, icon, type or address
- the data is filled and stored in the registration data base 7 during an installation which in a simple implementation may be done via a set up procedure using a user activated menu, or in an automated decoder installation process This will not be described in greater detail here
- the registration data base 7 is filled with application characteristic data 8 from one or a plurality of broadcasters
- an application launcher 9 can query the registration data base 7 so as to get information about available applications in form of the stored characteristic data.
- the application launcher 9 presents all available applications to the user by means of a display device, for example the TV set 6.
- a user interface 10 may be connected to the application launcher 9 and allows the user to select and start the desired application.
- the user interface 10 may for example enable the user to point on the presented application on the TV set 6 with a cursor or an arrow generated on the TV set 6.
- the desired application may typically be a broadcaster's EPG.
- the user After starting the broadcaster's EPG the user is in the broadcasters world and can select whatever audiovisual service or interactive application he likes using the user interface.
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- Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
- Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
- Stored Programmes (AREA)
- Compression, Expansion, Code Conversion, And Decoders (AREA)
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT99944459T ATE242948T1 (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1999-08-20 | DIGITAL DECODER FOR AUDIO-VISUAL DATA AND APPLICATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF VENDORS |
AU57380/99A AU5738099A (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1999-08-20 | Digital decoder for audiovisual data and applications from plurality of providers |
DE69908813T DE69908813T2 (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1999-08-20 | DIGITAL DECODER FOR AUDIO-VISUAL DATA AND APPLICATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS |
EP99944459A EP1138148B1 (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1999-08-20 | Digital decoder for audiovisual data and applications from a plurality of providers |
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EP98402560A EP0994620A1 (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-15 | Digital decoder for audiovisual data and applications from a plurality of providers |
EP98402560.1 | 1998-10-15 |
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WO2000024191A1 true WO2000024191A1 (en) | 2000-04-27 |
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PCT/EP1999/006123 WO2000024191A1 (en) | 1998-10-15 | 1999-08-20 | Digital decoder for audiovisual data and applications from a plurality of providers |
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EP (2) | EP0994620A1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE242948T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU5738099A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69908813T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2201766T3 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000024191A1 (en) |
Cited By (1)
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CN106375813A (en) * | 2016-09-21 | 2017-02-01 | 北京邦天信息技术有限公司 | Application processing method and system, and playing terminal |
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EP0817105A2 (en) * | 1996-06-25 | 1998-01-07 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | System for storing and playing a multimedia application adding a variety of services specific thereto |
EP0854645A2 (en) * | 1997-01-03 | 1998-07-22 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Electronic television program guide system and method |
WO1998047279A2 (en) * | 1997-04-16 | 1998-10-22 | Starsight Telecast, Incorporated | Multiple database, user-choice-compiled program and event guide |
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- 1998-10-15 EP EP98402560A patent/EP0994620A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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1999
- 1999-08-20 WO PCT/EP1999/006123 patent/WO2000024191A1/en active Search and Examination
- 1999-08-20 AU AU57380/99A patent/AU5738099A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-08-20 AT AT99944459T patent/ATE242948T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-08-20 ES ES99944459T patent/ES2201766T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-08-20 DE DE69908813T patent/DE69908813T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-08-20 EP EP99944459A patent/EP1138148B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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EP0817105A2 (en) * | 1996-06-25 | 1998-01-07 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | System for storing and playing a multimedia application adding a variety of services specific thereto |
EP0854645A2 (en) * | 1997-01-03 | 1998-07-22 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Electronic television program guide system and method |
WO1998047279A2 (en) * | 1997-04-16 | 1998-10-22 | Starsight Telecast, Incorporated | Multiple database, user-choice-compiled program and event guide |
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Cited By (1)
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CN106375813A (en) * | 2016-09-21 | 2017-02-01 | 北京邦天信息技术有限公司 | Application processing method and system, and playing terminal |
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DE69908813D1 (en) | 2003-07-17 |
ES2201766T3 (en) | 2004-03-16 |
EP1138148A1 (en) | 2001-10-04 |
EP0994620A1 (en) | 2000-04-19 |
DE69908813T2 (en) | 2004-06-03 |
EP1138148B1 (en) | 2003-06-11 |
AU5738099A (en) | 2000-05-08 |
ATE242948T1 (en) | 2003-06-15 |
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